Oh, how I love this time of year. I always save up at least a week of my vacation every year to take off before Christmas – Very Large Corporation gives us the week of Christmas off anyway, so that is at least two weeks of no work. Combine that with school being over as of December 12th (4.0 semester; I'll TAKE THAT), and you have one happy girl. I'd be happier, though, if I didn't have to clean my entire house this week, top to bottom, but when else am I supposed to do it? We don't do Spring Cleaning in my house – we do Christmas Vacation cleaning.

But of course, I have to make time to do something crafty. Twist now has one sleeve, completed and seamed in:

The other sleeve is about half done, and I am hoping to have this completed by the end of the year. If I pull this off, this will be the first sweater that I have knit in peices that actually fits me. The last one I attempted ended up going to my much smaller sister, because apparently I can't read a gauge swatch to save my life.

Knitting isn't the only thing I've got on my mind, though. Take a big group of friends, give them a warm summer and (I am guessing) a couple of drinks, and I now have at least six friends that are expecting babies between January and May. For the love of God, if you come to Austin, keep in mind that this seems to be in the water – I, myself, am sticking to bottled water from somewhere in the Ozarks. There is only one boy in the mix, everyone else is gestating girls, which is lucky for me because I apparently only by fabrics that are suitable for girls. 

I have to pick up something for a boy quilt, but I think I've got more than enough to keep me busy for a while with this bunch. For the charm squares, I'm thinking that I'll pick up some coordinating brown and red, and do little borders on the squares, and then sew them all together, alternating the red/brown borders. The flannel is big enough to do one of the one sheet baby blankets like I did for my kids a few months ago; that is probably the easiest one to knock out. For the others, though, I have no definite plans other than to turn into something I can gift at a baby shower. I have been missing my sewing machine for the past few weeks, but it looks like we're about to become reacquainted in a BIG way.

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