Katie and Doug's wedding

Well, the wedding has come and gone, and with it my one and only chance to be mother of the bride. All in all it went pretty well, except that the gorgeous ring bearer pillow that I labored over so intensely never made it down the aisle. By the time of the actual ceremony Kindon was so hyper from having been given prodigious quantities of chocolate by his Uncle Hank that he flatly refused to have anything to do with walking down the aisle.

Other than that, the ceremony was lovely, the decorations were awesome, and there has never been a more beautiful bride. My sister drove all the way from Florida to attend the wedding, and her planning expertise was invaluable at the rehearsal and during the actual ceremony. It was also awesome to get to spend some time with family during the weekend.

I'd like to say that things should calm down now, but with Christmas coming in about three and a half weeks it doesn't seem likely that it will work out that way.

Ring Bearer Pillow

So the wedding is tomorrow and I got the ring bearer pillow finished up this morning. It came out very well if I do say so myself.
In keeping with my propensity for never following a pattern exactly, I mitered the corners of the edging lace instead of knitting it in one straight strip, and I grafted the ends together instead of casting on, binding off, and seaming.

My mom sewed the pillow and put a strap on the bottom because she thought it would be easier for Kindon to carry that way.



We'll see how he does with it.

First Etsy Sale!

Today I made my first sale on the Etsy website. The buyer looked at the men's slippers I had listed and requested some further information. Then she ordered a pair. Naturally the pair she wanted wasn't the particular pair that I have in stock, so I'll be knitting up a pair of slippers tomorrow while I'm (hopefully) selling (lots of) stuff at the craft fair in Gillespie.

Here is the photo I had posted:

The request I received was for just plain brown, so of course I'll have to buy another skein of brown yarn to have two strands for the slippers. But I guess I can always use the extra as stems for lots of apple hats.

Here's hoping that I'll have many more sales soon.