The good part about being too sick to go to the baby shower is I still had the baby kimono here to photograph for this fo friday.

Punkin bear is about the same size as a baby so here he is wearing it. Actually I've been meaning to make a new sweater for punkin. Maybe I'll do one with a skull and crossbones from Hello Yarn?

And here's a sleeve detail.

There are a few more photos in the flickr set

Also, my present from Mr. Man arrived early and I managed to wait until tonight to open it so I could put it together.

It's a Goko Yarn swift! Yaaay! Oddly, I don't mind balling the yarn by hand. And I don't really care if it's a center-pull ball or not. But I hate bothering Cody to hold the high-maitenance yarns so I can hand ball them. He's a sweetheart about it, of course. But I really do hate to ask him to do it anyway.

I just put it together and it really is a work of art. The wood isn't that rough splinter-causing stinky cheap pressed pine that you have to force and warp to get everything to fit right. Oh no. This is perfectly shaped and sanded. It all fits together perfectly. And the metal arms adjust to stretch the yarn to spin. I'm loving my swift but I'm going to wait until I get my Giotto tomorrow to try it out.

Cody traded with another guy at work to get tomorrow off and my parents are taking us to Ichiban! Yeah, ok, they'll eat teriyaki and we might be able to talk mom into trying tempura but Mr. Man and I get to eat sushi!