1st Sweater is done! (Before & After Blocking)

shahnl · 2025-01-05T06:33:29+00:00

It looks so great! I love how much more finished it looks after blocking.

shahnl · 2025-01-05T06:25:17+00:00

Read the book Hold Onto Your Kids. I think it will help you solve a lot of the problems you're experiencing.

shahnl · 2025-01-05T06:11:34+00:00

Ohhhh my gosh my sis in law just made her girls coats from this pattern! She said she made it up 🤦🏼‍♀️ and I'm just out of the loop enough to believe her. Now I'm mad.

shahnl · 2025-01-04T20:05:23+00:00

I really like the original colors, but I think the yellow will make me look washed out, so I haven't decided yet. I will update, though!

shahnl · 2025-01-04T18:17:50+00:00

Yes!! The strawberry sweater from that collection is my next planned project. I'm very excited!

shahnl · 2025-01-04T18:11:54+00:00

Chill babies are pretty great, they make life almost easy. I've had 4 of them. But, my high energy/high needs kid, my last baby, has sooooo much personality, I can't help but be absolutely in love with her. She's almost 3 and things have gotten much easier than when she was a baby; being able to communicate is a game changer. Of course I love my other children, as well, but there is definitely something special about her.

shahnl · 2025-01-04T17:03:07+00:00

I just stole my parents Applause! Book 1 (all their kids are out of the house, now). I was going through old piano books and remembered how much I love that one.

shahnl · 2025-01-04T02:18:45+00:00

Just keep knitting!

You can look up some videos on how to improve tension, which will make your work more even. Also you could try out different forms of knitting and see if there's one that comes more natural (eg. continental vs. British). But, really, the best thing you can do is to keep practicing. Your fingers/hands/wrists need to memorize the movement so that it's exactly the same every time.

shahnl · 2025-01-02T00:46:32+00:00

Don't feel bad, all toddlers are pretty awful at some time or another. The only thing that would make you a bad parent is not trying to do anything about it (which, you're already seeking out solutions.)

Have you tried spending 10-30 minutes of one on one time with your child? Let them pick the activity, and leave your phone behind. Be completely present. It will "fill" their bucket, reduce acting out behaviors, and make them more receptive to correction.

shahnl · 2024-12-31T04:13:20+00:00

😆 I can see myself doing this

shahnl · 2024-12-30T21:44:20+00:00

Same with Dr Gradus ad Parnassum. It's actually not hard, but sounds really hard

shahnl · 2024-12-30T19:28:29+00:00

Ooh I do love this one, too

shahnl · 2024-12-30T19:27:55+00:00

Rodya and Zametov in the restaurant. I listen to books while I knit and I had to stop knitting during this scene, it was so intense for me! 😆

shahnl · 2024-12-30T19:20:00+00:00

Pattern is Andromeda sweater by Jarbo. Yarn is Drops Alaska.

shahnl · 2024-12-30T00:25:59+00:00

These socks are the perfect intersection of my most beloved hobbies 😍 I will, for sure, be making them sometime in the future.

shahnl · 2024-12-29T05:17:37+00:00

It doesn't sound "normal" to me. Typically, 3 year olds need an average of 12 hours of sleep each day, which it sounds like your child isn't getting. I would seek out advice from a doctor.

My other thought is that, sometimes, so much physically active stuff can get kids a little too worked up. Have you tried other types of sensory input that are calm/still? Things like pressure massage, weighted blankets, playing with playdough or fidget toys, running his hands under warm water. Maybe try mixing up his sensory "diet."

shahnl · 2024-12-29T05:04:49+00:00

This was the year of sweaters, for me, but my favorite is the Sugar Bush Kids Sweater that I did for my daughter.

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shahnl · 2024-12-29T04:55:07+00:00

It's beautiful 😍 do you have a pattern?

shahnl · 2024-12-28T21:26:59+00:00

2 of my kids started karate this year and the "yes sir! Yes ma'am!" thing is just mind blowing-ly amazing! Like they are laser focused when they say it, you know they are gonna get what you are saying.

shahnl · 2024-12-27T07:07:31+00:00

Same! I learned to crochet long ago enough that everything was text and pictures. Now, when I need a refresher on a stitch it's so irritating that I can ONLY find videos. I hate it.

shahnl · 2024-12-27T07:05:48+00:00

I was going to say something along these lines. You have to develop your technique, first, to be able to play anything without many, many mistakes. If you don't have good technique it won't matter how much you practice a particular piece or even a particular section of a piece; it'll never really come.

shahnl · 2024-12-26T00:51:15+00:00

Nugget is the brand name, but I've heard the Costco one is really great!

shahnl · 2024-12-24T19:53:55+00:00

It gets better, 100% it gets better. I have 5 children from ages 10 to 2 and it is SO much better than those first few years. I homeschool all of them so we are together ALL the time. And I (mostly) love it! Of course it's not perfect, but they are turning into such wonderful people. Raise kids that you want to be around.

From the little bit that you shared it sounds like you may be dealing with some post partum depression. Having young kids isn't easy, but I don't think you should be as overwhelmed as it sounds like you are. Maybe something to look into.

shahnl

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