Baby love...

We have welcomed a precious new baby girl into our family... another beautiful little great niece for me.  Our Maddy girl is now a big sister. Of course I knitted something special for her arrival...

  precious pink baby blanket

knitted in my 

"mistake stitch" pattern...

 a tiny whisper thin mohair

matching wrap and hat

for her newborn 

photos...

the tiny wrap is knitted 

in a variation of a honeycomb stitch.. 

 both the little wrap and hat

are embellished

with pink satin rosebuds

and trim...

 the gray mohair 

is from my "never ending stash...

~

the hat is knitted with grey 

ribbon ball yarn from

"Be Sweet"

(thank goodness it was also 

in my stash...)

(be forewarned... it is quite costly!)

 the blanket is knitted with 

the most wonderfully soft and exquisite yarn...

Sirdar Snuggly Baby Bamboo.

(omgosh... I love this yarn!) 

this yarn knitted up so beautifully..

it is the perfect weight for a baby blanket

and is so wonderfully soft.

(this might be my new favorite yarn for

baby blankets)

As you know,

 our family has had

some great sadness in our lives...

knitting this little ensemble has been 

such a great help to me.

It is true what is said about the rhythm 

of knitting...

it calms the soul.

 Welcome to our beautiful

"Kynzley Jayde"

tiny fingers and toes...

she is perfect..

we are in baby love...

A little note from me...

I want to tell you something... 

I love you. All of you.  These past days have been difficult and dark for our family, but as you all know... we must go on.  We have to.  Your messages of comfort and love, the cards you sent, the emails, texts, messages on IG,.... everyday it seems there is something from you. Words to comfort me, telling me that you understand and that you are still here... waiting for me.  I cannot begin to tell you how much that your thoughts and prayers have meant to me.  

We still grieve, we always will.... but there is sunshine to warm my heart.  We have just returned from accompanying my son and our little grandaughters on a Disney cruise. "Pixie dust" is the cure for almost anything it seems.  I've been posting photos of our little trip, as well as my gardening, and some other tidbits on my

 "2 Bags Full" Instagram page.  I would love for you to follow me there...

For those of you who cannot, don't worry, I will still be here.  I will post as often as I can... but we are busy with so many things right now. And honestly..it is just so much easier and quicker to post on IG.  If you do follow me there, please say hello and tell me that you are one of my blog readers.  I would love to follow you back on your own Instagram page. Rest assured though... my posts regarding the nests, and my knitted items will always be here.

Regarding the nests...

I'm so behind. Way behind. Way, way behind.  There is no way that the newest nest, the patriotic Freebird nest is going to be ready this summer.  So... I am pushing it back until early next summer.  It will be ready for the holidays next summer for sure.

Regarding the Kindness Quilt Project...

well, I'm behind on that too. Your beautiful contributions are all here and my next post will have photographs of all of the latest contributions.  Everything that has been donated since the first post with photos -- will be in this next post. August 1 is the deadline to send your contributions.  The quilt is going to be breathtaking -- truly lovely.  Thank you for understanding how and why I am so behind..

I'll be back as soon as I can... 

xoxo

Vicki