Goodies & Dress Updates

I received the fiber I order from Susie (Perchance to Knit).  She was destashing a bit and I thought I'd help her out.  ;~)




The bag of rainbow is Merino and the other bag is a good variety of different types of fibers for me to try.  So between what I received from Colleen for my B-day and what I bought from Susie I may just have enough to keep me busy for a little while....put a big emphasis on "may".  :~)

Now this was a tad disappointing last night.  Look at what I have left on Kaity's dress:




I'm coming down with some kind of damn cold and haven't been feeling all that well.  I just couldn't finish the i-cord last night.  I have about 6" of i-cord to do and I can block this baby.  I think after the pieces are seamed together, I'm going to single crochet around the armholes too just to give them a neater appearance.  Next time, I'm knitting this baby in the round.  I'll have to sit down with the pattern and work up the changes before I start the next one.  :~)

I'll leave you with a pic that Kaity took the other day:




Yes I let my 6 year old use the camera.  It's one of those Nikon Coolpix cameras so they're small and lightweight.  I won't let her use the Sony which costs more and weighs more.  She does a pretty good job of taking pics if I must say.   
I may look into getting her a better camera for her b-day next year.  Right now she has one of those Fisher Price kid camera's, which is a great camera for any of you that have kids or grandkids around 3-5 years old.  I think they run about $45-50.  The darn things really are tough, Kaity's dropped her on carpet, down stairs, on tile floor plus it's digital and comes with it's own software which is not Mac compatible but I've found none of them are.  We can pull the pictures off the camera using iphoto but we can't use the editing software that came with the camera.  It's been a great camera but I think she's ready for something better.
Well I'm off to enjoy my afternoon of peace and quiet.