so much to do..

I finally finished MeMaw's hat while I was visiting her at the hospital yesterday. It turned out much better than I was expecting. When she woke up I gave it to her and she loved it. It fit right over her bandage. i did have to take the ribbon off after a few minutes because it was putting too much pressure on her bandages and staples. Once all the swelling goes down and the bandages come off it can go back on. It looks great on her and the edge cuts the glare of all the hospital lights for her. Her eyes have been bothering her for a while now and bright lights are too much.


All in all it turned out perfect! It fits perfectly. The color looks fabulous on her. It's soft. It makes her eyes more comfortable. Awesome :)

I have another long day ahead of me. David is going to go to the hospital with me again today to see MeMaw and hopefully catch my cousin and her 3 kiddos there too. Actually my whole family on my mom's side should be there. My mom, her sister and 2 brothers, cousin, her kids, me and my sister. It's like Christmas and our gift is a healthy MeMaw!

After the hospital David and I have an engagement dinner to go to. So excited to see Steph and Bo and spend some time with them.

Oh AND the low tonight is like 33. yay!

mr bear goes purple

made another mr bear this afternoon. i needed something to make the time go faster while i waited for my mom to call me with the results on MeMaw's surgery. She finally called and everything went well! She will most likely be in ICU until tomorrow sometime then she can have her own room.

I want to thank everyone who has been praying for her. God definitely heard yall and was with her every second.

Ok now back to mr bear. This one is for David's mom to have at work. When I gave her the diaper bag she ordered with the pink bear she didn't want to give it away. I figure everyone could use a cute little bear to cheer them up on gloomy days!
Instead of embroidering a heart like on foxxy, I thought a small heart applique would be cute...and much easier! I love the look.
I might be going crazy with these stuffies :-P

I'm nearly done with MeMaw's hat. I had her try it on last night and it looks great and she loves it! My mom has some cream colored satin ribbon that looks great with it too. Hoping to finish this tonight, and if not then tomorrow while I'm at the hospital visiting.

It feels good to only have a 3 day week of school. Both my professors are at conferences tomorrow so no class for me! What shall I do with all that free time?

sleep in. start the diaper bag. knit. awesome.

I just cast on a hat for my MeMaw. They're going to shave part of her head for the surgery so I told her I'd make her a hat. It needed to be super soft, a subtle pretty color, and not too snug fitting. I also wanted some sort of decorative edge and the ability to loosen or tighten it with a ribbon or i-cord. I searched ravelry for a few hours, showing options to my mom and we finally settled on one that seems perfect so far!

It's the Chapeau Marnier from knitty summer 2007. I'm knitting it in Bernat stin sport in Clear Sky. It's a bit bigger than the recommended yarn and i'm using size 4s instead of 2s. I'm hoping this will make it a bit looser for her.

Well off to knit. Hope to have some progress shots tomorrow :)

now on to more important things

i'm glad all this election business is finally over. i've never been one for politics, i just don't like them. so anyways!

on a non-crafty note. a week or so ago we found out my MeMaw (mom's mom) has a benign brain tumor about the size of a golf ball in front of her pituitary gland between her eyes. She's having surgery to try to remove it next Thursday at 8am. If any of yall are prayers I would appreciate that so much. I have faith that God is going to take care of her and be with her during every second of the surgery and afterwards during her recovery.

ok i have lots of journals to write for a class...yay..