Winner and a baby!

Well, you guessed it, I had the baby. Elaina James Ringelman was born on Wednesday, March 8th at 6:40 am after about 11 hours of really, really hard labor, including an epidural that didn't work. So fun. She's got a full head of hair and is totally adorable. I have no idea which way is up but I'm sure I'll figure it out eventually.

Book winner! Thanks for all the advice, mamas. My random number generator, ie my husband, says that #2 is the winner, so I'll be contacting Lee on Ravelry. Thanks all!

New Knit Picks Pattern and Giveaway!

Nearly a month ago (oops) I had a new pattern in the Knit Picks collection called Briar Rose. It's nine lovely patterns that are all sort of cottage-y, like something that would be in the living room in a fairy tale house. My pattern is the Ruffled Pillow, and it's pretty easy. It uses seven colors of Palette (which if you're like me, you've totally got that lying around in your stash.) It's a stockinette pillow base worked in the round, and simple ruffles that you knit then sew onto the front of the pillow.

I have an extra copy of the book. Want to win it? Leave me a comment about this pattern, or the collection, or how happy knitting makes you, or give me some advice about having a baby, because this thing is coming out in the next 18 days whether she wants to or not. I'll pick a winner at random on or around March 7th (I say around just in case the baby comes before then) and I'll send off the book so you can knit your own fairy tale living room decor. Please don't forget to leave me a way to contact you if you win!

Quick life update: We are back into our house after the flood last August. We're the only people living on our street so far, which is sort of eerie, but good I guess? But at the same time I feel guilty that we get to live in our house and no one else does. We totally got priority because of my pregnancy, so I shouldn't feel bad at all, but women. We're weird.

My due date is March 11th, so if I go radio silent for awhile that's why. I *fingerscrossed* hope that this baby is easy so that I can still knit, sew, blog, tweet, whatever, but who knows and we'll see. Eeeee!