m a k i n g

i know, i know i swore i wouldn't knit on anything until Ocean's birthday shawl from last september was finished! but people! babies were being born!! i couldn't help it. then, i lost track of where i was on the shawl & felt daunted by the counting and such. so....

i started a sweater for phoenix. some instant gratification: a girl who's thrilled about everything her mother makes clothes wise or other (except food....she'd much rather eat what mother nature has to offer than food's i come up with like pancakes or scones. just give her some lettuce, berries, cucumber & she's good to go). i love the top of the nova, so i'm hodge podgeing numbers together to get her a pullover sweater with that top. this math i don't mind. the body is nice and long to work with her loooong torso & i've just cast on the sleeves. she and i drew up a couple sleeve options, then together we decided on the little puff'ish sleeve ( i was so hoping she'd choose that one!) so i started, frogged, and started again. this whole custom sweater thing is becoming really fun. being on a small[er] scale i don't think too much about making grand mistakes...a little ripping out won't stop the world from turning it just might increase the amount of patience my eldest needs to tap into.

[insert raised eyebrows & hopeful smile]