The purple people eater

I actually have an FO to report!! Shocking, I know.

Pattern: Baby's Pure and simple pullover by Lana Hames, out of Weekend Knitting
Size: 0-6 months
Yarn: purple cotton ease
Needles: Size 4 circs

Mistakes... let me enumerate these for posterity.
1) i made the front and back slightly different sizes by mistake. maybe by about 2 rows.
2) i mis-read the directions, so there's no rolling at the hem of front OR back. how I managed to think garter stitch would roll is beyond me.
3) i had to knit THREE arms. No, the baby is not a freak with three arms. I made mistake #2 on sleeve #1.
4) when i picked up the neckband, I did well with the picked up stitches. BUT, i didn't remember to make the buttonhole by binding of one stitch instead of yarning over. So, that button hole is slightly small.

Now, some of you who actually know me, may (or may not) be wondering how awful this pattern must be written that i managed to muck it up so badly. It's not the pattern. it's me. I don't like to read very carefully.

On Saturday, Michelle had people over to help celebrate her graduation, which was great. Many yummy snacks, and great company, and got to meet Michelle's family!

Sunday, I was knee deep in dough. Not of the $$ variety, unfortunately. My friend and I have the tradition of making holiday cookies together. We made one cookie each on our own, and had decided on five recipes for Sunday. Yes, five. And yes, we're insane.



Starting at the bottom of the pic, clockwise.
1) Coconut and chocolate chews.
2) Raspberry almond turnovers
3) Peppermint balls
4) chocolate chip cookies (the neiman marcus variety)
5) Cranberry lemon shortbread
6) Spritz cookies
7) Chocolate balls (in the center)

another view:


And all those tins you see? those are the tins we packed up so we could give away all this baked goodness. In true holiday spirit, yes? We began baking at 1030am. We ended at about 1030pm. Needless to say, I'm finished baking for quite some time!