Dropstitch and D-day

Well... The dropstitch shawl is almost done, it's absolutely gorgeous in this rayon boucle... there is a shiney lustre to the yarn which allows the colours to stand off against each other.... of course, this also makes it difficult to capture well in photos, but I have attempted none the less.



As for my other little project, well, apparently yesterday just wasn't his due date, so, we're still waiting. Hopefully the bumpy ride up to my folks house will help....

I have my knitting project for the hospital stay (at least 4 days) all sorted and packed, with my nighties and tiny tiny little baby clothes.

So Bump.... ready when you are!!!

Make way for baby

Well, we are on our final week now, the baby's due date is next monday or tuesday and judging from how quickly last week whipped by, I fancy we'll be holding the baby before we know it, so this weekend we made sure we had the baby space all wrapped up and ready....

I organised the baby sheets...


And flannel swaddling...


The baby bouncer, play mat, and snugli carrier...


and the nappy's are all stacked neatly in the nappy holder which my husbands grandmother made for my sister in law when she had her wee ones.... whom I happily inherited from ....

Sorry about the sideways pic of the nappy stack!

We are using 'real' nappy's as we feel that even though disposables may be easier at times, that they are a real waste of money (especially here, there arn't burdget brands) and they are not really ideal for people who try to keep waste to a minimum.... we're not tree-huggin' hippies, but we live on the land we feel that you need to think about these things.

I think we are as ready as we'll ever be, how ready can you be lets face it?!