Here's Eliza's Christmas sweater. (I never got around to blocking it...thus the rolling of the neck and bottom a bit.) I love how it turned out. And so does Eliza. She wears it all the time! Hooray!
I used JCasa's neighborly pattern again. Here's the first neighborly I made for little Sarah last Christmas. Such a simple and darling pattern! I used my new favorite yarn...Rowan's Cocoon. 80% merino wool, 20% kid mohair. It's warm and so so soft, with a slight fuzzy halo. Such a joy to knit with! Love! One of these days, I'll get around to posting my projects on ravelry too. Favorite place to browse knitting patterns. Favorite!
Much of this vest was knit on the sidelines of fall soccer games and practices, resting on a blanket, with late summer sun beating on my back, and cool evening breezes whispering the coming of a new season. And the rest was knit while listening a great audible version of Dickens' Little Dorrit, and then watching the 2008 mini-series film version. Excellent, excellent rendition! Loved it!
These memories of scenes playing out all around me as I knit a particular item, are what has endeared me to this (relatively) new hobby of mine. I bring my knitting bag wherever I go, and in all my spare minutes, I knit. And each finished sweater, hat, shawl, or sock carries with it the reminder of so many special moments of this beautiful time of my life...this busy, sweet, full, active time of mothering and nurturing the little people in my life. And then to see these littles romp around in the special bundle of stitches knit up just for them...it's bliss, I tell you!
Oh, and for those who asked, the clogs are from Crewcuts. Sven brand. On sale :).
And FYI:
Leggings and shirt are from Mini Boden.
Skirt is from Olive Juice.
Cute blue eyes are from grandma! :)
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6 comments:
Beautiful!!!
Gorgeous! Oh, someday I will learn to knit...
I love your description of memories being knit into the sweaters and then being reminded of them as you see the end result being worn. That's really cool. Miss you all!
Very cute! I agree ... memories are tied up in the knitting, aren't they?
So cute!!!
(And, loved the BBC Little Dorrit too. Are you watching Downton Hall right now?)
Once again I'm just so impressed. It turned out really cute. And the knitting is impeccable. Great job. I love what you said about the memories that come with the knitting. When I went through my knitting phase (please come back!!!) was during the winter olympics. I think of that every time I see the few scarves I knitted during that time.
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