Sweater with a smile
I'm back from two weeks in Cornwall for Christmas and New Year. It's the longest we've ever stayed with my husband's parents, and it felt like a real break from daily life. And it was a bonus to see them spend time with the baby.
My Christmas crafting was all finished in time. I made another apron and glove set - me and the rest of crafty blogland - for my mother-in-law.
There were also some elephant-shaped lavender sachets, which I didn't photograph.
And I capped off my hard work with a mad sewing frenzy while my husband was sent out of the house on a long errand. What was I making? Angry Chicken's fantastic earflap hats. I haven't managed a proper group shot yet, but here's one my father-in-law took which gives you an idea.
Has to be a new family tradition, i reckon. The giraffe jersey fabric I used is an all-time favourite, from that old faithful, Reprodepot. Which reminds me, I've just discovered this place, and they stock a bit of Amy Butler and Kaffe Fassett online. Yay!
With all that out of the way, I finally managed to finish a sweater I started knitting for the baby - gulp - before she was born. She was such a titch, I remember holding the back piece against her and it was long enough to have been a dress. I finished it just in time, she's almost busting loose.
I've started another sweater for her, from a Tiboodoo kit, which I also got before she was born, hence the gender-neutral greens.
Not that I would have got it in pink if I had known. I've knit one of their sweaters before, from a pattern badly translated from French into English, which flustered and confused me, and turned us into mortal enemies. This time I'm knitting from the French pattern, and it seems we've kissed and made up. And you can get quite a lot of knitting done during a five-hour drive. (It helps if you've never managed to get round to getting a driver's licence, and therefore someone else has to do all the driving. Thanks honey.)
Also, I've just a few finishing touches to a dress for Moot, made from a Japanese craft book pattern. Pics when I'm done. It's well past my bedtime, and the baby has been waking up earlier than usual, so I must power down and go to sleep.
My Christmas crafting was all finished in time. I made another apron and glove set - me and the rest of crafty blogland - for my mother-in-law.
There were also some elephant-shaped lavender sachets, which I didn't photograph.
And I capped off my hard work with a mad sewing frenzy while my husband was sent out of the house on a long errand. What was I making? Angry Chicken's fantastic earflap hats. I haven't managed a proper group shot yet, but here's one my father-in-law took which gives you an idea.
Has to be a new family tradition, i reckon. The giraffe jersey fabric I used is an all-time favourite, from that old faithful, Reprodepot. Which reminds me, I've just discovered this place, and they stock a bit of Amy Butler and Kaffe Fassett online. Yay!
With all that out of the way, I finally managed to finish a sweater I started knitting for the baby - gulp - before she was born. She was such a titch, I remember holding the back piece against her and it was long enough to have been a dress. I finished it just in time, she's almost busting loose.
I've started another sweater for her, from a Tiboodoo kit, which I also got before she was born, hence the gender-neutral greens.
Not that I would have got it in pink if I had known. I've knit one of their sweaters before, from a pattern badly translated from French into English, which flustered and confused me, and turned us into mortal enemies. This time I'm knitting from the French pattern, and it seems we've kissed and made up. And you can get quite a lot of knitting done during a five-hour drive. (It helps if you've never managed to get round to getting a driver's licence, and therefore someone else has to do all the driving. Thanks honey.)
Also, I've just a few finishing touches to a dress for Moot, made from a Japanese craft book pattern. Pics when I'm done. It's well past my bedtime, and the baby has been waking up earlier than usual, so I must power down and go to sleep.
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