Keeping Busy

April 3rd, 2007 by Towal

(originally posted March 14, 2006)

A lot of things keep me busy these days, but one of my favorite new activiites is being “Aunt Kay” to one of my friend’s almost 3 year old grandson and soon-to-be granddaughter.

I had absolutely refused to do anything for the new baby until it was “on the ground” because I was worried about them misidentifying the gender of the baby and they would have all this pink and frilly baby stuff and a brand new boy baby.

Then I saw a fluffy pink Eeyore and it was all downhill from there.  It’s true that once you cross a line you can never go back.  I got that pink Eeyore and the dam broke ;)

plush ponchoCurrently, my obsession is crocheting items for the new baby.  Ponchos being my favorite because they are quick and I can do them sitting at my desk waiting for pages to load and such.

The one pictured here is the newest one and was made with Red Heart Plush yarn.   The poncho was my first time using the plush yarn and it works up really nicely.  There will be more plush yarn items in the baby’s future ;)

 I have also rediscovered the joys of young boys (before that preteen/teen angst kicks in like it is with my own son) and am equally happy finding new things for my friend’s grandson.  He really loves Nemo …or we want him to love Nemo and he humors us..whichever you prefer so I’m always on the lookout for Nemo related items.

There are tons of Nemo items available and I pick them up often for him.  I was worried about him feeling left out when the baby comes with her getting all kinds of gifts so when I made a baby blanket for the baby, I also wanted to make one for him.   I started crocheting one for him and then found a kit for a Nemo fleece blanket.

nemo fleece blanketObviously, I could not pass that up and spent the weekend putting it together (again click on the thumbnail for a larger picture).

I have since found some Nemo fleece on a bolt and am using all my willpower not to buy some of that and make another blanket out of it since it’s a different pattern.

You can never have too many ponchos and blankets…right?

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