Neoma Jane's little sister will be here anyday and I finished gifts in the nick of time. Just need to wrap everything tonight and tomorrow they go over the mountains (and through the woods...hehe) to mama. I blogged about the purple blanket here and the sweater here. The pink blanket just finished drying this morning from it's blocking bath ( my ravelry notes can be found here ) :
There's nothing quite as blissful as knitting things for little ones and I feel so lucky to have two goddaughters to make things for. And three lovely nieces who appreciate hand knit things as well. Last year I made them all mittens for Christmas and you could tell they really loved them.
I finally made myself a matching pair (I've been busy!) :
They're Olla Mittens (free on knitty.com) or you can follow the link in my ravelry notes here. I really love this pattern and the embroidery is super easy since Anna has you knit landmarks for the stitching as well as giving a really great diagram in the pattern (much like a kids 'dot to dot' puzzle ~ just follow the numbers). Every girl should have a pair of these.
Go ahead, make yourself some. You'll love them!
Happy Sunday, everybody!
Melissa
beautiful knits! I love the blanket and the mitts, so pretty :)
ReplyDeletethanks, Karen!
DeleteLucky lil' babes ~
ReplyDeletewe're lucky too :)
DeleteBoy! I bet they love getting packages from you full of beautiful hand knit gifts. Your mittens are adorable. Keep us posted on the arrival of they new little girl , so exciting. Hugs and Blessings.
ReplyDeleteshe should be here in the next few days ~ and they've chosen Campbell for her first name :)
DeleteOf course I LOVE all of your wonderful projects, but you are right, I do need to make myself some of those mittens. They are soooooo awesome. I'll add them to my TO-DO-LIST ASAP.
ReplyDeleteReally like the colors your chose for the baby sweater. How come I never see babies in these things? I know it's a gift, but I want to see them worn. Lucky baby! Love the blankets. If could push a baby out of loins would you make it a blanket please? (never mind)
Have a wonderful Holiday. Hugs P3
I know they wear them ~ I try to send the knits with no strings attached but I'm always hoping for a photo...I've been lucky with a few things!
DeleteOh you have been busy!!! Those are all beautiful projects.
ReplyDeletehi, Andee~ thanks
Deletehope your mom is doing well?