Caps for the Win

As usual, I scored tickets to the Caps game through my lovely company. And as usual, I brought some knitting for the occasion.



You can see I am zooming along on one of my upcoming baby gifts- at the game I had completed two diamonds, but I'm actually done with three already.



I came down to Raleigh this weekend for a visit with the parents. We fit in a bit of crafting, and are going through my mom's old quilting magazines to pull out neat patterns. And I have been knitting. But the real purpose of the visit was wedding dress shopping- and we were all done in 2.5 hours of shopping! Easy peasy. I won't blog about the dress, since I'm enough of a traditionalist that I don't want G to see it or really know what it's like. But I can tell you about my veil process soon! I purchased a pattern already (Vogue patterns on super sale at JoAnn's... mm...) and I have delicate tulle in ivory to match the dress. Oops, now I guess you know I'm not wearing white. Not that this should be a surprise to anyone- I'm pasty. Pasty people do not look good in brilliant white gowns. Now that I know what the dress is, however, I can finally think about a wedding shawl. Do I want to knit a wedding shawl? Would I wear it with the dress style I chose? Would it look silly with a veil, or should I use it as a veil?

If we have a final date, and a booked venue for the wedding, maybe then I can think about these things. In the meantime, I need to get cracking on that baby gift. Only three months before the little one is due!