Diaper Cover

The pattern

Abram's Loot

The blessing shoes turned out way too small. So I made another pair:


It worked out well because I needed to make some for a baby shower anyway. So Baby Abram got the too small ones. I also knitted him a matching hat:

Baby's Blessing Shoes

When my friend asked me to make her baby some blessing shoes, she left me to choose between blue trim or tan trim. I chose blue, and I looooooove them! But I bet tan would have been equally cute. These make me want a baby boy, so he can have them in every color and size. I'm sure going to miss having these little guys around the house.

The pattern

Eliza's Mitties

I made these mitties because my niece is a thumb sucker, so I figured she needed some thumbless mitts:


I roped Hanne into modeling them for me. Hanne normally wears socks on her hands, if anything, when we go out in the cold. She was completely fascinated. First she checked them out:


Then she showed them to me:


Then she tried clasping her hands together:


Then she showed them off to Lando:


And finally, the test run wouldn't be complete if she didn't try walking in them:


Good thing she's not old enough to be mad that they're not hers!

Here's the pattern

Anybody Have an Orange Kitchen?

I was too lazy to do laundry, so I knitted a new dishcloth instead of washing the dirty ones. But really, it doesn't match my kitchen. So if you have an apricot orange kitchen, let me know. Otherwise, I'm just gonna use it anyway.

Hanne doesn't know about dishes yet. She thinks it's a scarf:


Or maybe a hat:


Maybe it'll end up becoming her security blanket.


The pattern

Another Headband

When I made Kim's headband, it seemed huge. So for my next one, I went down a needle size. But then when I was halfway through, I realized I was using two different size needles. Oops. Once I finished, this one seemed even bigger than the last one, so I set it aside, thinking it was hopeless. Then my friend, Liz, came over. She liked the headband, so I gave it to her. She'd had some hair trauma, so she needed things to cover her hair. Maybe it will work on her head, since she's got lots of curly hair.

(It doesn't have a brim, she's just wearing it over her hat.)

I'm so glad it found a home! I thought it was doomed to live out its lonely life in the bottom of my knitting bag.

Small Paul's Boat Shoes

Here's another pair of shoes I've been procrastinating. I just can't get these shoe patterns to come out right, so I always have to change them as I go, which is just stressful enough to make me procrastinate. I think the shoes turned out cute though.

On a brighter note, this is the first time that all my soles came out the exact same size, and it was on the first try!

Also, I love the yarn I used on these. It's soft, but not fuzzy. It's cottony, but not stiff. And it's machine washable. I want to make everything out of it. I wish it came in more colors and bigger packages.

The pattern