Another knitted piece done!

I'm a huge knitting buff and i tend to buy lots of magazines and books. Do i need half of them? Probably not. For the most part you can find anything online. I found this pattern online and i thought it would have been the perfect piece for a baby gift. It was a simple pattern and didn't take long to make.

Colds are evil

Currently our family is battling colds, which means lots of Kleenex. It's kind of a good thing that i buy the good stuff otherwise our noses would be red like Rudolph the red nose reindeer.

I am however learning to Crochet since i know how to Knit. It is such a different feeling using one needles as opposed to 2. I have a co-worker who has been helping me and the nice thing it's a very easy simple pattern.



Here is the picture of the baby blanket. I have a number of friends who are expecting and this baby blanket is for ones who don't know what they are having. They are the rocker type of parents so i'm doing the baby blanket, ivory and black! I think it'll look pretty cool when it's done!

Winter Blues....

Now i don't know how many people get the Winter Blues, but i do. I'm not a winter sports fan and i'm not into being outside and freezing my buns off. I would prefer being at home with my nice warm fire place on and watching a movie.

So i'm hoping that Spring/Summer will be here soon so i can enjoy the nice warm weather outside!

New Year and more posts....

I am going to make my goal this year to add more posts. What kind of posts you ask, well that i haven't figured out as of yet. Being a full time worker/mom and a side baker can be tiring. But i love blogging on my cake site and i need to find time to do it on my personal site.

In the meantime you can check out some of my knitting projects from 2010 http://www.flickr.com/photos/egyptianqueen/sets/72157623065655791/

I am hoping that within 2011 i can create more wonderful knitted things.

A little artist on our hands....

So my 3 year old daughter loves to color and draw. Recently my husband got an Ipad and added a program for Callie to color on while in the car on the way to daycare. She's quite artistic for someone so young.

Here are a couple of samples of her drawings....


Check out her rendition of Sponge Bob, done on the Ipad.

Boooo to Winter!

So even though i was born and raised in Ontario, Canada i still to this day hate Winter. It's cold and i hate being cold, i'm sure a lot of people hate being cold. I am wearing more layers which is not very flattering, because big sweaters tend to make you look bigger than you really are.

The one nice thing i like about winter is the knitting projects i get to do. I made my daughter Callie a hat and am currently working on her scarf. Also the hubby wants a Chullo hat. One thing i'm finding is that it's very difficult to find a pattern for a Chullo hat. Normal mens hats, cable hats, yes i can find, but a Chullo. I can find a childs Chullo hat pattern and i'm sure i'd get told to just change it to make for an adult, but i'm sort of a new knitter and am not that experienced quite as of yet to do that on my own.

So if anyone knows of a Chullo Pattern hat for men, please pass it along!?

My darling angel!

So recently Callie has become such a little mommy's girl. Mommy you wash my hair, you go night night with me and it goes on. Even though i want to say no it's daddy's turn how can i resist that face and say no.