Weekends

 

Our sweet little granddaughter, Esther, was born over the weekend and so I need to stitch her name and her birthdate on the sampler as well as looking into framing it. We cannot wait to meet her in person and see our grandson! We are lucky that her parents are sharing lots of photos with us until that day comes.

How was your weekend?

I started striping in my 'other' yarn to finish off my sweater. So far I like how it's looking and hope I have enough with these two colors, I have a plan if I do not but let's hope adding the off white is all I need to do!!

While knitting, I've been thinking about all that I want to knit for the holidays and realize that I need to start knitting soon if I want to knit all that I want to knit.


Comments

  1. VeraAugust 28, 2023 at 7:54 AM

    Oh my! Welcome to the world Esther (love her name). You must be itching to hold her in your own arms. I like the addition of stripes to your sweater - a nice save!

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  2. AsKatKnitsAugust 28, 2023 at 8:06 AM

    Oh my!! Welcome Esther! (what a lovely name!) I hope you are soon visiting your new granddaughter and grandson! XO

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  3. BonnyAugust 28, 2023 at 8:07 AM

    Congratulations to all and welcome to Esther! Your sweater is lovely with stripes and I hope you get to see Esther soon!

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  4. LeftycrafterAugust 28, 2023 at 9:39 AM

    I do like the stripes on the sweater. A very classy look. Congratulations on grand baby #2. Esther will be much loved.

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  5. MaggieAugust 28, 2023 at 11:47 AM

    Congratulations on the birth of your granddaughter! Love the name (one of my girls is an Esther too ;-)).
    Those stripes look great!

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  6. LauraAugust 28, 2023 at 12:12 PM

    congratulations! such wonderful and happy news
    love & magicks
    ~*~

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  7. Deb J. in UtahAugust 28, 2023 at 5:00 PM

    Congratulations on the birth of your beautiful granddaughter! Esther is a lovely name with an important history behind it. So glad to hear that everything went well for everyone. See you again soon!

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  8. JaneAugust 28, 2023 at 8:25 PM

    Congratulations and welcome to Esther. It will be wonderful for you to meet her and visit with that new little family. I like the off white stripes - what an elegant solution.

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  9. JuliannAugust 29, 2023 at 9:16 AM

    Congratulations on your new addition. I love the stripes too.

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  10. ConnieAugust 29, 2023 at 10:34 AM

    Oh congrats! How exciting! I hope you get to hold Esther sooner than later. Love your sweater and the "other" yarn.

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  11. MaryAugust 31, 2023 at 5:56 PM

    Welcome to Esther! I'm sure y'all are over the moon and hope it's not too long til you get to meet her in person!

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