Swallows nesting

Just outside our backdoor I have this bat hanging, one day I saw that a pair of swallows have taken interest in it.

They kept on building




This is what it looks like today, they have been very busy



The cowboy quilt is finished and I have started on a new order

Update on knitting and twins

The shawl is still on my needles and I pick it up when I have some spare time. The pattern is on Ravelry and it called Mrs.Barista or the thistle shawl.



We are 4 MONTHS!



One of our cats thinks that the babies toys are her new cat toys! Well, the twins are good and share them with her....

HAPPY EASTER!!

HAPPY EASTER FROM ALL OF US!

KING SIZE QUILT

Again I started a quilt without reading the measurements, had to finish it and here is the result

it is made from leftovers from another king size quilt...

I do not like to knit two of the same, but sometimes it is nice to dress the twins in similar outfits and a good friend volunteered to make one of the jackets




I lined these two baskets today,




Also a new project on my needles, a shawl on circular needles, so far it is fun and hard to put down

We had a drive to the countryside
this is a popular "waterhole" for bikers

Ready for a drive

COWBOY QUILT

I have finished another cowboy quilt on order. Now it is being machinequilted with a cowboy design and then I will sew the binding on and mail it off. Let me know if you
will like one too....


Spring is in my garden and the bluebonnets are blooming

We are 3 months already!

Finished projects

I finished the baby hats and I am pleased with them. The little ones are sleeping now, but I will show them with their hats on later.



This is the owldress "uglekjolen", made for my little princess.

Stella, our Maine Coon cat

We have two cats, one that we brought from Norway, Lizzy, and Stella. Stella is a Maine Coon and she is 3 years old tomorrow. We bought her at a cat show here in Houston when she was almost 1 year. We did not go to the show to get a cat, but she came home with us... it took a long time before Lizzy accepted her in the house, and she is still not very friendly towards her. Luckily that Stella is so much bigger.

Her name in the papers is Terrificats Thunderella, but we shortened it to Stella. She is a brown/black classic tabby maine coon. The Maine coons are also called "the gentle giant" and Stella is a very good example of that, she is very friendly.



Here she is with our baby boy.

She is a indoor cat, but once in a while she takes a little walk outside in the garden


The bathroom sink is one of her favorite places.


Still room for two of us!

HAPPY VALENTINE!

Twins are 2 months old on Valentine! Here they are in their new valentine outfit.

They keep me very busy, but in between feeding and diaper changing I managed to work on baby sister's dress, I am knitting her a dress called "uglekjolen", I tried to frame big sister's cross stitching and I even managed to bake! I had a lot of energy yesterday...


This afternoon they have been sleeping for a few hours and I have visited my sewing room, my sewing machine welcomed me back and I made a little progress on the cowboy quilt I am making on order. I think there is a picture of the cowboy quilt earlier in my blog.

Time is flying...

The twins are already 6 weeks. They got some beautiful baby shoes from a knitting friend.




The baby jacket is finished. I think this one is for him. I used another yarn than the pattern asked for and it is a bit too big now, he will soon grow into it. Maybe I will make one more .I found the pattern here

THE TWINS ARE 1 MONTH TODAY

Time is flying and they are already 1 month!

I finished their little baby hoodies. I knitted them in Noro yarn.




On my needles now is a beautiful baby jacket that I bought the pattern for on Etsy.

CLASSIC DALE BABY JACKET and HAT

I made this jacket and hat more than 18 years ago for my older daughter to wear home from hospital when she was born. Here is my little baby girl wearing it on the way to her 2 weeks check up at the pedietrician. I guess the knitted set is a classic and that it is in one of the newer Dale pattern books since it is still popular today.

The twins are 4 weeks today and they are growing fast. They are now both grown out of their preemie outfits, hopefully one day my little girl will play with babydolls that can use the clothes.

Here is a baby quilt top that I will try to find time to quilt this week

COUNTRY ANGEL

Every year I use to make a Santa, but this year I made an angel.

I had big plans this year about making some Norwegian santas called "Isolde Nisser", but this is how far I got, I have the book and a big box with wool and material, even a knitted outfit is done


Maybe if I start early in the New Year I will have one done for next year?

OUR TWINS ARE HERE!

Finally we can welcome our precious twins! A little boy and a little girl!
They were born on Dec. 14, at Woman's hospital of Texas.
We all got the best Christmas present ever and it is hard to believe that they finally are here, it has been such a long wait.

MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR!

SHAWL

Finished the shawl on my needles, it took much longer to finish than I had expected. Here it is




Some other shawl I have made this year:



This is the flower basket shawl, made in some silk yarn I dyed with kool aid


This is made in Evilla yarn


Now I am knitting Christmas presents, this is some hats I made last week and I have two more on my needles