Countdown is progressing...
It's now 2 days away until D-day.

Not sure how I'm feeling about it as I don't think it'll happen until next week, but I guess I'm excited. (Actually, I can't wait to meet Bumpy in person!)

This is our first scan - 13 weeks + 4 days - I love the fact that she looks like she's walking like an Egyptian...

I've been experiencing vivid dreams most nights and they're not particularly pleasant so I'm hoping the birth will see an end to them. Them, and the swollen ankles, swollen fingers, SPD and headaches. And the inability to stand for long without my legs itching, and the frequent trips to the loo in the night. And (oh Lord sorry mum), the possibility of some sex would be good too.

However, what I'll settle for is for people to stop calling/texting and asking what is going on, have I dropped yet, etc - talk about pressure! I'll tell you when it happens. Okay?! Jeez!

Hmmm, rant over. On to the knitting.

The Jaywalkers are going fine - I really like Judy's magic cast-on and I'm definitely going to use it again. I also like knitting the socks on 2 circs. However, the socks are on temporary hiatus as I've decided what I really need is another pair of booties. This time to go with the 5 hour baby jacket.



Pictures to follow.

Labour socks
Okay, so I need a simpler pattern to knit at the hospital and this one came to mind - the Toe-Up Jaywalkers. I've tried knitting them top-down before and got totally bored, but maybe it'll be more interesting this way.

I'm going to use some of this nice stripey Regia yarn and give it a go.



The only thing is I haven't got a printer to hand, so I'm just praying that I copy out the pattern correctly.


Okay, so here goes...comments welcome!

EDIT 1: I've copied the pattern down, and I think I've pretty much exhausted Ravelry for help on what the hell I need to do to start this off. There must be easier ways to do this!

EDIT 2: Hmmm, missed out a rather important bit at the toe, have frogged sock and am starting again. Why does this happen to all my socks?

First post
I'm now 38 weeks and 3(?) days pregnant, and I want to take a good knitting project to the hospital with me - something that will occupy me when the contractions hit, but that won't be too tricky to follow. (I have a feeling I may be being a bit optimistic here, but anyway, optimism is blind...)

So I've decided to go for Knitty's Interlocking leaves which is interesting to knit but I'm pretty sure it'll be a bit too complicated, particularly since there's a 22 row repeat to the pattern.



Maybe I'll take 2 projects with me. Possibly a hat - they're fairly easy to do but I zone out a bit with them and I'd rather have something that'll take some attention. Hmmm, looks like a job for Rav.