Quick Knit

Last several days have been rainy and boring. My introvert-ness is in full gear and I've basically looked like this all weekend so far: 

Lying around in my pjs harassing Ellie.. Of course, I fit in some knitting too while watching some of my shows. Just lazy lazy days. 

So what have I been knitting? Well, honestly, it's a scarf that I didn't want to knit. My sister lost her cupido stitch scarf I knit for her two years ago (lost hours worth of work!!) However, I still have pretty much an entire ball of it left so she told me to knit her another one. I didn't want to really knit it because the yarn she uses makes it hard to see any pattern because it's so fluffy, but I also wanted to use this opportunity to use up that ball of yarn, so I just knit her a simple 2x2 ribbed cowl. I made the cast-on number too big though, so it looks sort of awkward, but I think it still turned out okay. 

Cozy enough, wouldn't you say?

Omnomnom

My dad's coworker is pregnant and due in February, so my dad asked if I could knit something for her. After some browsing around Ravelry, I came across the cutest newborn hat! 

It's a fish that looks like it's going omnomnom on a little baby's head! I was also happy I got to use that new creepy baby model I bought! 

It's the same yarn that I used for the baby dress I made before, in case the colours look familiar to you. You had to pick up the stitches to put together the finals, but strangely, picking up those stitches were easier than if I was picking them up off an edge, so I didn't get annoyed at all.

I was originally going to use buttons for the eyes, but my mom said it might be uncomfortable for the baby since their heads are so soft and squishy, so I opted for cut out fabric instead. I think the end result looks better than if I had chosen to go with buttons, so it was a good call on my mom's part.

Anyway, this came a day late from Halloween, I guess a newborn could go as fish-food? Haha.

For Halloween, I went as a pirate grabbed from random stuff around the house, and some props from high school. 

And random, but I took the cutest photo of Ellie yesterday, and I love to show her off of course!