Oh wow, those dance photos are amazing!!! Wow. Just wow!

Ugh, 9 stitch nupps - no wonder you need a distraction!

Love the zoo photos. Might have to go again, haven't been in years!

We missed the baby hippo when we were there a few days before you. And Em's photos - wow!!, especially the last one.

i have now decided I won't make that shawl. 9 stitch nupps are not for me.

And Em - WOW!

thanks for the elephant too too cute

and that dancer of yours WOW

You can power through the nupps, just make sure you're in the right frame of mind when you sit down for that row. I'm at the gazillion stitch end of a Neibling so I sort of know how you feel.
As for Em, I think you've spawned an elastic band!

You can do the nupps the other way round, I have learned this from Triinu Andreassen who is a shawl queen. www.tacraft.se There's not much to see now, but she has some patterns on Ravelry....

Anyway, you prepare the nupps on the backside on the row before, and then you KNIT 9 stitches together on the front side. Do you understand what I mean?

I'm just tickled by the notion of Easter Giraffes for some reason. Thanks for sharing the zoo photos!

Also, I knew Em was a dancer, but I didn't realize she was a Dancer-with-a-Capital-D! I danced through most of my formative years, but never worked hard enough to be a Dancer. Go, Em!!

Amazing Pics!!!! Em is Bendy Woman! LOL!!

Sorry about the nupps. I think you're brave for doing them. Just look at those cute lil Koala's when you feel too anti nuppy! They're So adorable!!! :)

Gosh, so many things to comment on..

Nupps - I'm with you, I hate them. Refuse to do them.

I like the cable down the sleeves. That's going to look great.

Em's pictures- yowza! Both of those are awesome! I'd be lucky to get my leg up half that high.

Glad your voice is back and that you know how to remedy the cruds.

Just absolutely amazing! I was NEVER that limber even at her age.

Yikes, nine stitch nupps. I guess that pattern will move further down my queue as I have at least one with smaller nupps to try first.

Great pictures of Em!

What fun at the zoo. I have been to two different safari type places in Canada but I have no memory of going to a zoo. I love Giraffes and would have enjoyed them.

The little pygmy hippo is just adorable. Your shawl looks beautiful. The top down knit looks very pretty. Yes Emily's photos make me think how I would never ever be able to pose like that and how flexible she is makes my body ache just thinking about it. I hope your iron levels come back up. My sister's iron levels were down to 2 last year which is very dangerously low. She now has iron tablets and eats kangaroo meat once a week which she doesnt really like, but it is better than having low levels. Some people just dont retain it as well as others.

i love those dance photos!! especially the red one!!! her body is so flexible!!!!!! i can't even touch my toes :(

Your daughter is a freak! How good are those photos.

I recently started Laminaria and there is this row where you Knit 3 together but with out dropping those stitches do a YO then K1 and repeat until you 9 stitches on the needle. The purl back row is also murder just seperating the stitches...so like you I love working on Laminaria. Hate hate hate those two rows.

I was eyeing off the shawl after your last post, but now I'm tad iffy on it. I think I'll reserve judgement until you decide!

Remember to have lots of Vitamin C - it helps the body absorb iron more easily (the things you learn from pregnancy books...).

In the red picture Em reminds me of a dancer during "Cell Block Tango" kicking *behind* her ear! Phenomenal! I'm utterly jealous of her Blochs - I only just killed off my last pair :(

I am glad you are feeling better, low iron is very treatable, and it makes an amazing difference doesn't it?? Those nupps, I hate them too, I purl back with a sock needle or a wool bodkin!! It looks beautiful. Love the zoo visit, it's very Noah's Arky, Em is very bendy and the photos are gorgeous!!

Lots of pink happening in your place. :) I'm feeling a bit the same about my current shawl project (the name of which I can't spell without going to check and Ravelry is down at the moment and I can't be bothered getting up to go look). Great pics of Em!!

Wow! Brilliant photography. Well done to Em too!

1. I wanted to start on Aeolian but if you're finding it hard... I won't even try hehe
2. Awesome photography and pics of Em!!
3. OMGosh I think the only time I'm able to spread my legs 180 is when it's detached from me!

I love seeing Em in her dance costumes. Those photos are amazing. I love how her hair suggests movement is the first photo.

I've been taking extra iron for a few years too.

What awesome photos of Em. Bet she loves them, it looks like she had fun getting them taken too.

Your knitting although its frustrating you it does look pretty.

Should I admit that I love nupps? Must be the masochist in me.

The pictures of Em ... WOW!

Wow - the pictures of Em are amazing!

The shawl is looking great - I haven't worked on mine all week, but hope to get to it today. I'm not going to think about the nupps...

Em is amazing. I love going to the zoo. Haven't been in years, but can see my getting there as soon as grand-daughter is old enough to atleast look excited about the animals.