finally, an autumn chill

I'm not a fan of Summer (it's not too conducive to wool, unfortunately), and now that the first cool days of Autumn seem to be showing up, I'm so relieved. My belly is getting huge, fast, with this growing fetus... which by the way, is a little girl! I must be lacking mother's intuition, because I seriously thought it was going to be a boy, but after three good checks during an elective ultrasound, we were tickled to discover a little she-creature. Her name will be Ingrid Nora. Trevor picked the first name (he's a film nerd, so the name is a nod to Ingrid Bergman), and I picked the middle name, after my maternal great-grandma.

I really freaked out at the beginning of this pregnancy, and it definitely affected my work. Everything worried me, and I felt pretty irrational, weepy, and nauseous-like-whoah. I'm finally simmering and enjoying this whole debacle, now that I know she's healthy and all is apparently well. I've also been given the green-light to start dyeing my wool again, which has helped me gain momentum with my fiber preparation.

I'm considering a pretty big change for Hobbledehoy- creating my own website linked up to BigCartel as an e-commerce component. I like the clean shop-front provided by BigCartel, and having a domain for my goods would make advertising easier. For anyone who has made the switch (or is considering a switch) to their own domain, please let me know how that's going for you! I'm still researching options.

I hope everyone is looking forward to the impending season-of-knitting!
xoxo