Froot Loops III

Here are my pair of Froot Loops.  I can't believe how long it took me to finish these.  Of course, there were several other projects in between.  But, really, it took a year to make all three pairs of socks.  At least I got them done in time to wear them once for Spirit Friday.

What's Spirit Friday, you ask?  Every Friday at school, the kids wear the school colors of Red and White.  It is the whole reason I bought the red yarn.  Red knit socks on Spirit Day is an absolute must when your mom knits.  Chiquita has been wearing hers all year.  Chicklet has been seen in her on occasion.  I finally wore mine last Friday.  I get to wear them again tomorrow, but the girls will be wearing pink socks to go with their Halloween costumes.

Now I get to start knitting light blue Spirit Socks for the new school colors.  Chiquita and I went to the yarn shop and picked out some really pretty blue yarn with sparkles of silver in it.  Can you believe that my kid picked out yarn with sparkles in it?  I'm currently taking bets as to whether or not I'll have all three pairs done before the 2nd grade.

Froot Loops II

I find that I like knitting socks in threes.  One pair for me, one for Chiquita, and one for Chicklet.  I finished another set of three and went to blog when I noticed that I hadn't blogged about the pair that I finished in January.  Yeah, it's be that long.  I didn't realize how much of a dent the pregnancy put into my blog.  So before I can blog about the pair I just finished, I have to blog about the second pair that was made.  The good news is that you can expect another post tomorrow. 

Here are Froot Loops II (Chicklet's pair).  You might remember Froot Loops I (Chiquita's pair).  You might not.  I finished Froot Loops III two days shy of a year of finishing Froot Loops I.  It took me a year to finish three pairs of socks, one for a kid and the other for a baby.  Hangs head in shame.

Back to these socks.  It's not the greatest picture.  I made them for Chicklet before we learned the sex.  Red works for boys and girls you know.  I took the picture at my MIL's after telling her that we were pregnant.  I guess I wanted to hurry up an blog about it.  Ha!  I do remember that it was overcast and I was having a hard time photographing the red.

These are the greatest socks.  They stay on Chicklet beautifully.  In fact, so well that I have to give a little tug to get them off, but they don't leave any pressure marks on her skin.  I think that it is because I did the pattern on the leg only.  I've heard people say to put decreases above the ankles for babies to keep them from coming off.

Last weekend all three of us sported our matching socks.  It was so much fun.  You get more compliments that way, too.

Bathroom Scrubbies

Let's write a post about cleaning. Isn't that exciting. I haven't blog in for-ev-er and I want to talk about cleaning. I'll start with the fun side of cleaning... knitting!Knitted Bath Scrubbies! I took this pattern, which is actually for dish scrubbies, and made them for the shower instead. Basically it is some kitchen cotton and a couple of bath loofahs that fell apart. The biggest part of this project was cutting the tulle and tying it into strips to be knit up. I held the cotton and tulle together and just knit a square. I made a little border around the edge by not knitting the tulle with the first and last stitches. These are actually pretty great. And they haven't gotten smelly, yet. It must be all the Strawberry Swirl and Sorbet Smoothie bath wash that Chiquita uses.

To me they look like watermelon and kiwi strawberry bubble gum. You know, the Bubblicious brand bubble gums. My favorite thing about Bubblicious Gum is that they have two colors in each piece. The thing I like the least about Bubblicious Gum, or any gum for that matter, I always seem to bite my cheek. You think I would remember that it's there. So, I just don't chew gum anymore.

Now I get to transition into the less fun side of being cleaning. I've been cleaning out my house. Everything is getting scrubbed, there are things going to Goodwill, but mostly everything is being packed up into boxes. Boxes? you ask. Have I neglected to mention that my little family is moving. Geez... you'd think I would blog more often. I've been busy. Chicklet is sleeping on my lap as I write this and I should be packing or cleaning, but I'm taking a break. Knitting has come to a complete stop, not that I would blog about it. (I have a ton of catchup blogging to do just in the knitting dept).

We are moving. We're leaving the busy, crowded life of LA and heading to San Diego. Moving out of our tiny apartment, that we needed to move out of now that Chicklet is here, and into a house. Yes, a house. With a backyard, a dishwasher and room for kids to play inside. And our own driveway. My own parking spot that no one else is allowed to park in and no one will yell at me for parking there. I've been living in an apartment for the last twelve years. I can't wait until I don't have to check my quarter supply before doing laundry. It's going to be so wonderful. After I pack everything, clean everything, move everything, unpack everything. Sigh, the joys of moving. I know you are insanely jealous.

There is one more aspect of cleaning that I've been having fun with. Exploding diapers. There have only been a few of them, but thank you Simple Green. It gets poop stains out of everything. Just thought I would share.