http://www.sticksandsheep.com knitting and motherhood Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:54:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Rosy Revolver is having a giveaway!  Check it out here: necklace givaway.  JJ is super sweet and does gorgeous work.  I highly recommend her jewelry. http://www.sticksandsheep.com/?p=264 I finished my cowl a few weeks ago and have been working on an Ulmus shawl.  I love knitting triangles, and am really enjoying working on it.  It's slow going, mostly because I don't have very much time to knit, but slow and steady wins the race.....right?  It's a great ... http://www.sticksandsheep.com/?p=256 Seriously I do.  It's an addiction really.  Anyway, I found some super cute baby teethers that I just had to share: *all photos are taken from little sapling toys or ecoayris etsy listings* From little sapling toys: bludgeoning toy! From ecoayris: I bought the Triceratops and Bat teethers.  I'm seriously thinking about picking up the ... http://www.sticksandsheep.com/?p=243 Oh yes....I finally started knitting again!  After about an 8 month hiatus (8 months of artsy fartsy angst), this is the first real productive knitting I have done since before Jacob was born.  I decided to start out practical and ignore the desire to knit a gorgeous lace triangular shawl.  ... http://www.sticksandsheep.com/?p=237 So good job with the blogging lately, huh?  Well, I'm still around.  Turns out a baby is very time consuming.  Also, we just bought and moved into a new house.  And....its seems Jacob might be teething.  Yeah....we are masochists. Remember all that silversmithing stuff....yeah....I'll get to it one day.  Although this ... http://www.sticksandsheep.com/?p=235 I've given it a lot of thought, and I decided that I don't mind if my son's real name is out there in blogland.  Without further adieu.... Jacob Daniel Berry Born February 3, 2009 (3.5 weeks early) 7 lbs 7 oz 19 1/4" long I love him so much! Pretty much everything has been on hold ... http://www.sticksandsheep.com/?p=224 Here's a few pictures I took with my phone. I still have billions on my camera, but still haven't downloaded them. Right after birth (but all cleaned up and in the nursery): Cute faces With Daddy Enjoy! http://www.sticksandsheep.com/?p=214 Some of you probably noticed that my ticker at the top of my blog changed. Yep, I had my baby. He's gorgeous, and I love him so much. I ended up having him at 36.5 weeks. Prior to his arrival, I'd been going to the doctor ... http://www.sticksandsheep.com/?p=210 I'm on the cusp these days.  I feel like I'm living my life on the verge of something else...and its true, I am.  I am quite literally weeks away from being a mother.  The anxiety and excitement of that is completely overwhelming.  I can't believe that in about a month ... http://www.sticksandsheep.com/?p=206 I have lots of stuff going on lately.  I will start with the baby stuff. First off, I am huge.  I think I'm starting to get my own gravitational pull, seriously.  We are working hard to get our house baby ready.  We have the bed ready and a swing.  We also ... http://www.sticksandsheep.com/?p=203