Birthdays, Departures, Arrivals, & Surprises

HLB! (Happy Lucy's Birthday) It is hard to believe that our first baby is 10 years old! It seems like just yesterday that she looked like this.

Or this.

Now she is grown up into a beautiful girl.

Here she is in the birthday dress Mom made for her using Kiki's "Illanna" Pattern. Unfortunately we weren't able to be with our baby on her birthday. The kids departed for Indiana on Tuesday.

As you can see waiting in the airport was their favorite part. Before they left, they worked hard along with Kiki to create special gifts for friends and family in Indiana. They weren't knitting in the airport, because their fingers were sore!

They made this whole pile of wristbands in about 3 days!

A close-up of some of the named wristbands.

Both girls created lovely dolls for baby cousin Cali, who they were meeting for the first time.

Lily made this cute bunny from a pattern we found on the internet, here at HeartStrings.

Lucy made this doll and dress! The doll she turned into a pig like Miss Piggy. The doll pattern was from one of her kids knitting books. The dress pattern is her own invention!

Detail shot of the bunny face.

Detail shot of the pig face.

Pig Tail!

Bunny Tail!

Luckily, just as our two daughters left for "Camp Grandma" in Indiana, our Illanna came home, from her "Camp Grandma" in NYC.

Kiki made her this Fair Isle pillow as a welcome home gift (Free pattern coming soon).

Here is the other side of the pillow.

Some of you may have been as Surprised as I was when the Knitty Man Issue came out this week. I looked all over, but to my Surprise, my pattern with article was nowhere to be found. What a Surprise! But then, Surprise, Surprise, Surprise, I saw my name listed here.

When I asked Amy, she said Surprise, you are one of the two Surprises this issue. Apparently they like to Surprise even the contributors with their Surprises. She also Sshhed me, but I figure a sneak peek won't hurt anything.

Look for the Surprise around the first of August, the exact date...a Surprise, of course.

After missing our kids, the Knitty surprise, and a 60 hour work week crammed into 3 days, I am looking forward to a weekend of knitting with our AZ friends.

Steve