Confession

I have a confession. I'm in love with knitting lace. Yes, "technically" I haven't done very much lace knitting, and nothing major, but I'm still in love. For the past couple weeks I've been looking up free lace shawl patterns and getting lace books. I think I'm obsessed. The only problem is that I'm not really a shawl, stole, or wrap kind of person. I like scarves (love them in fact) but I don't foresee actually wearing any of the many (many many many) lacy items I want to make. So what do I do with them?

Of course I ask that question assuming I'll like it once I really get into it. For all I know, I'm wasting my time and money on all this lace stuff. I think I'll like it though. I think because it'll be a challenge. I love a good challenge.

The other thing I've found myself wanting to make is a baby sweater. There's a link from knitting pattern central for a baby teeshirt that says iCutie on it. It's perfect for my Mac-loving friends and their baby girl. I think that'll be another project I tackle.

One of the coworkers I was going to make a baby item for this summer had some bad news recently. It looks like the baby has a pretty serious heart problem and without a transplant, the baby will die shortly after being born. I think he's supposed to find out soon whether transplant is an option and if it is, they'll be put right on the list. I really hope they're candidates for a transplant. Now that my friends have had babies, I've come to realize even more how special and amazing a new baby is and to think that he and his wife may lose that is heart-wrenching. But if transplant is an option and the baby makes it, I really want to make something extra special for him, his wife, the big sister, and the baby. Because it's an extra miracle to survive that.