The sleeves on the baby sweater are finished and cast off. The shoulder seam is sewn and now I need to pick up the neck and sew it all together. My least favourite part of knitting.
Here is the latest sock in progress.
The pattern is Yukon Leaves and the yarn is Opal Tiger (bought locally!!). I like the pattern a lot, but think it’s a bit lost with this yarn. I’m going to have to do another pair in a plain yarn I think.
Are you sick of animal photos yet? These are Gorgeous Man’s shots of the elephants wrestling.
Note the muddy water being tossed in the air by the elephant at the back.
and so it begins…
The elephant equivalent of arm wrestling?
Tusks banging. It was actually very cool to see this sort of behaviour, and because we were the only car around we had an uninterrupted view.
Now that Gorgeous Man’s socks are finished, and keeping his feet nice and cosy, I’m back to my regular rotation system of projects. So, tonight is quilting. Hopefully I’ll get enough done to warrant a picture or two.
I’ve been getting heartburn pretty badly, but I hate the medicine prescribed by the doctor – tastes foul. I’ve discovered that sugarless chewing gum will take the heartburn away – doing the happy dance.
That is a very cool yarn! I can’t really follow the pattern (of the sock) but that yarn is just so darn cool! So is the tusk banging of the elephants. It does look a bit like big fellows arm wrestling. π
They won’t prescribe medication for heartburn here – I didn’t even know there was such a thing. I chew sugarfree gum regularly, so I’ll just pop a piece in next time it starts. π My sinuses have been doing me in the past days. I feel like I can barely hold my head up. Ugh.
Oh, Ruth, that’s the cutest sock yarn. I remember seeing Joy’s stockinette pair here http://joyblogging.typepad.com/joyousknits/2006/01/index.html
Glad you found such a safe and simple cure for heartburn π
I had heartburn with #2- no fun. hope it eases soon. The sock colors are lovely- and what amazing elephant shots!
Very cool elephant pictures!
I took some elephant photos as well. At the zoo… Poor souls. I love how your animal quilt is turning out, the colour scheme is very African!
AND I enjoyed meeting you and the belly a few posts back, nice to finally see you!
The yarn loocks very pretty, and the pattern of the socks also. But i must agree with you maybe if the yarn is plain, with out too many colors it would be better to realy see the pattern.
Nice shots of the elephants:)
I love the yarn, very appropriate for your part of the world. Cool elephant pictures, amazing to see them in their own environment. I had heartburn a lot with both my babies, I used to have a mouthful of milk, it helped a little. I don’t know if it’s true, but a lot of people told me it’s because the baby will have a lot of hair – and true to their word, my babies were born with at least an inch of black hair! Hope you find some relief.
*hugs*
Tazzie
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Love those elephant pictures!
I always had terrible heartburn too…yogurt was the only thing that helped.
Great photo’s again. I will email you from home with another email address. I am on my lunch break at work at the moment.
Hi, loving the elephant pictures, mine are from the Zoo!
Email me the list of stuff for hospital, I’ll edit as appropriate. Main thing not to pack…your dignity, because you lose that entering the birthing room door anyway!
I went on the link to your pregnancy pics, look great…and gorgsous man really is…and you look great too, cheers, Tracey