Kaylin's room: nightstand and lamp

I just finished another part of Kaylin's room--a nightstand and lamp.

The nightstand was originally a light birch color. We have two, they used to be Eric and my nightstands. I thought about painting it white like Kaylin's other furniture, but then decided a pop of green (I used Krylon celery) would be fun. I'm so happy I decided on the green.

I bought the pink lamp base at a consignment sale. The white shade is from Target. I sewed a ruffle using the pink and green fabric that I used on the curtains and pictures on the wall. I hot glued the ruffle onto the lamp shade.

Here's another post about Kaylin's room if you missed it.

And in the spirit of full-disclosure, here is what her bed looked like minutes into my photo shoot:

Kaylin was VERY upset that her quilt was on her bed. She tore it off and got the pillow pet and fleece princess blanket from her closet where I hid them for the pictures. Then she cried for awhile. I'm a mean mom. The good news is that she loves the nightstand and lamp.

Knitting update

I have now knitted SIX washcloths! Five are pictured in this post.

Here are my first three, from the Learn to Knit mini-series on Make It and Love It.

After I finished my first knit washcloth, I couldn't wait until the next post in the series, so I made another:

Ahhhhh... Much better than the first. The yarn is fun too.

Then I was on my own. My mom lent me a book of washcloth patterns. I went through it and found the ones using the skills I already knew so that I could practice them before moving on to other fancy things like yarn overs and twists.

Here is the one I made for a friend:

Fancy!

I just finished another washcloth from a different diamond pattern for myself using the brown and blue yarn.

I needed to buy my own needles since I wanted to return the ones I borrowed from my mom. So I bought the same set my mom has, the Denise Interchangeable Knitting Needles.
These are not what she let me borrow. I borrowed the first sets of circular needles she bought before buying the interchangeable set.

I LOVE these needles! They are so easy to use. I highly recommend them if you're going to start knitting. You can buy them for about the cost of 4 sets of circular needles. If you're going to need multiple sizes then it's definitely worth it. It comes with 10 sizes! Plus you can choose the length of your cord and you can combine multiple cords together. When you're not working on a project you just pop the needles off and put on an end button. They are fabulous. There's my unasked for, unpaid review :-).

I've been having a lot of fun knitting. It's been a great thing to do while watching TV at night and I love using my new washcloths. Maybe someday I'll try something other than a washcloth.