Turning Japanese II
Here are the pictures of Taylor in her outfit! Isn’t she adorable?
The sweater is kind of a belly sweater, even though I added 10 rows to the length, but she’s a baby so I decided that it doesn’t matter if it shows a little of her cute belly! Let me know if you like it :)
Filed under Creations, Knitting, News | Comment (0)Turning Japanese…I really think so
This is another of the short sleeved wrap sweaters from the book Simple Knits for Cherished Babies. These are so pretty and knit up pretty quickly. I used a very nice 80% Alpaca 20% Silk yarn in Sapphire (Peruvian Collection Baby Silk – Elann) on size 2US needles. Instead of making a ribbon tie on this one I added 2 metal snaps and put a cute little blue bow on the front. It is so soft and pretty. To match this kimono type top I made some silky asian print pants. They are royal blue and have a large flowery design on them. The blues don’t match exactly, but they are close enough to be cute. I will post a pic of Taylor wearing the outfit tomorrow!
I bought some other silky type material to make another pair of pants to match, but haven’t done them yet. Right now I am working on a dress for Taylor (my first difficult sewing task). It is a khaki/off white color and has beautiful khaki and rose colored butterflies and flowers. I hope it works out right. So far I have most of the bodice part done, but I think the skirt is going to be tricky. Hopefully I’ll have it posted this weekend! In knitting news…I am still trying to get motivated to finish Kody’s hat and the wool bag strap. Maybe one of these days…
I hope everyone is doing great! Sorry it’s been so long since I’ve talked to some of you ~ we’ve had a busy few weeks. Taylor was in the hospital with pnuemonia March 12-15 and then 24 hours after we got home we were back at the doctor because she caught the flu. It wasn’t fun for any of us, but we trusted God and he got us through it. Now we are all better and enjoying the beautiful spring weather! It has been so nice this week that Kristopher and I are sunburned. Today I finally realized that we needed to wear hats and break out the sunscreen! I am ready for the spring and really hope it is here to stay this time as I am sure many of you are :) More tomorrow, maybe; Good night!
Filed under Creations, Knitting, News | Comment (0)Stuff I Finished and Never Posted
I have been slacking lately, so you haven’t seen much! I finally decided that I need to update my site…
First, I finished some cute high chair pads for Taylor’s chair back in February. I made them with more of the beautiful toile that Suzie gave me. The navy and light blue match with our kitchen linens very nicely. The pads are simple rectangles with several layers of quilt batting in between. Taylor likes sitting on them, but so far she doesn’t like cereal (AT ALL!)
Next up is a little purse/bag that I made from an old sweater and some denim material. I call it the ‘Favorite Outfit’ Bag. It was meant to have the sweater material on the outside, but when I finished it I found that the bag is reversible and actually looks better with the denim on the ouside. The bag has one pocket made from the sweater cuff, on the denim side. It is a cute little bag. Maybe I will sell it next winter.
Last, for this post anyway, is a simple hat. It is made from Off White Simply Soft Acrylic and Grape Mohair (same as the funky chunky garter stitch scarf). I used one strand of each throughout the hat. It has a rib cuff and the rest is done in stockinette stitch. A very easy quick hat, knit on size 10.5US needles. I gave it to my sister, Erica, since she loved it after seeing it!
