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    Hi! I'm Traci. I'm a Registered Nurse who loves quilting, knitting, cross stitch, and the great outdoors. In my pre-scrubs life, I owned Real Photography, and you can still see my old wedding and portrait photography site here .

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knitting: ellie’s baby sweater

Last year I was doing a bunch of knitting in anticipation of Ellie’s arrival.  This sweater is one of the crowning achievements–a Debbie Bliss sweater from a cotton yarn (that I’d purchased a bunch of with the intent of knitting Will a sweater that I ended up chickening out of).  After I finished this, it looked a little plain and boy-ish, so I ran some scrap hot pink wool yarn through the edges as a trim and it made all the difference.  I’m so glad that it is the right size at the right time!

Pattern:  Ribbed Baby Jacket by Debbie Bliss.  Yarn: Rowan All Seasons Cotton in Cookie

I spent part of the afternoon machine quilting the Halloween quilt.  Hopefully it will be finished up tomorrow, but with a shoot w/ a young family early tomorrow morning, plus church + breakfast and finishing off some Real Work, I think my hopes might be a little too high!

Mom - So cute! what a great idea to run the pink thru! You have excellent crafting skills!