The craftiness is back.

When I was pregnant, I pretty much went into survival mode. I didn't want to bake, didn't particularly want to knit, didn't want to read books or sew. I fed the littles, taught them what they needed to learn, took them swimming and just made it until my next doctor's appointment.

As I was looking at my likes/dislikes post, I realized that since I have had him, it's like I have woken up. I want to knit, bake, sew, read, teach the kids all sorts of exciting stuff, cook adventurous meals. Pretty much everything except for clean the toilets and fold laundry ;) I feel like I have come out on the other side of gestation. It is wonderful. Now I just have to pace myself.

Here are some projects I am working on currently. I have conundrums with the first couple. I am a very indecisive person so I need all of you crafty friends to tell me what to do.
Pretty excited about this one, actually. This is going to be a blanket for George (obviously). The Curious George fabric is fleece and the blue fabric is flannel because I wanted to back it. But we have indoor pets and fleece attracts fur, so I got flannel. I prewashed it because I anticipated that the flannel would shrink. It shrank. A lot. Enough that I will have to cut a considerable amount of the CG fabric. I think I have two yards, so it will still be a big blanket. But still.

So tell me, crafty friends, what to do? Go ahead and cut the CG fabric down to flannel fabric size and bind it together? Or just put the blanket binding around the CG fabric and have it be one layer. I think it will look good either way. The flannel combo will just give me a thicker blanket, though smaller.

Blurg. This one is ridiculous. George is growing extremely fast, so I need to make him so new fitted diapers. So I bought this flannel. Cute, right? Well, one evening, he was actually being pretty mellow so I went ahead and cut the fabric.

Um, yeah. I hadn't prewashed or dried it. So now I am not sure what to do. Should I sew around the edge so it doesn't fray and then wash and dry it before putting it together? Or should I just put one together, wash and dry it and see how it ends up?

Oh, the dangers of looking before you leap.

This is going well, though. I am making the Hourglass Sweater from the book Last-Minute Knitted Gifts. I got the yarn before I left Idaho. It is gorgeous and soft, though I hear it isn't tough and pills like mad. Oh, well. It is going to be my Christmas sweater, as long as I can finish it in time. I just finished up to the sleeves yesterday, so I just have the sleeves and yoke to knit in the next few weeks. Doable, right?

I also sewed a flag for Isaac's Tiger Cub troop, I'll have to take a picture of that soon. And there is a baby sweater that needs seaming, though I am not sure it'll fit anyone.

And more crafting on the horizon. Not enough hours in the day!