Part of the reason for this blog is to document stuff I've made over the years, and my sister too. (One of these days we'll get her stuff on here!)
I made this pig sweater a looooong time ago. A friend in Boston, Sara, fell in love with it. The only problem was that she had three boys. Well, she and Joe ended up having a 4th baby, a girl. I was so excited to give this to her - mostly because she finally got "her girl".
Here's a close-up of "this little piggy's" cute porky face.
This pattern came from
MinnowKnits, Too. I think I was making it for the baby girl who we thought we were going to adopt in Boston. When that didn't work out, I think I gave it to the Makechnies (more Boston friends) who were expecting their 3rd or 4th girl.
This is one of my all-time favorite little girl sweaters designed by my favorite knitwear designer,
Debbie Bliss. I've made this sweater four or five times. The pattern is found in her book titled
Classic Knits for Kids. This particular sweater went to Ann, the friend who also got
custom-made bolero sweaters from me. I think we've already established that she loves the color red.
Debbie Bliss also designs amazingly intricate toy patterns. This is actually one of the simpler patterns found in
Toy Knits. Until today, I had totally forgotten that I wanted to use this for a custom Christmas card. Maybe next year - only 362 more days 'til Christmas!
This was another option for the Christmas card. Hubby and I had a
bare bear photo shoot that day, whenever that day was long ago.
I can't even count how many times I've made this Christmas stocking pattern with different embellishments or color patterns. This one was for our niece, Sophie, who lives in Switzerland. Her sister Sarah has one that is similar. Poor Alexandra, the youngest in the family, doesn't have one yet. It's not likely that she'll get one anytime soon because of my hand issues - which I'll post about some other day.
This is the "boy" stocking design that went to Nick and Noah in Switzerland. Somewhere I have pictures of their parents' stockings, that weren't so elaborate. For all the other in-laws who never got stockings like these - I learned that it's best to NOT start a tradition like this! It's too hard to keep it up. Just ask poor Alexandra!
Hubby and I took a gazillion close-ups of the snowman on the stocking, thinking that it would also make a cool and unique Christmas card. Don't be surprised if this comes in the mail next December. Actually, you should be really surprised because I think the last time that I sent out Christmas cards was in the last millennium!
:) That red sweater also looks suspiciously similar to the "Aunt Kathy" sweaters my girls received. We STILL cannot talk about it for too long, or they get very sad and start to cry. :( They really loved them.
ReplyDeleteSophie sleeps with "Sweater Bear" almost every night. She giggles every time she pulls off his sweater, because he looks so different with no clothes on!
Alexandra has my old stocking and loves it. She calls it "her" stocking, so don't feel badly about that at all.
Wow, you have made us a lot of beautiful things, Kathy! I feel very honored. Thank you!
Love the review of things you've made. They are all so adorable...but I especially love mine :-) so sad about your hands though, I think my red did you in!
ReplyDeleteOh, and I want the Christmas cards too! So cute! Have you seen the wreaths on Pinterest made out of yarn balls? Maybe you should do that with all your yarn that you can't knit.
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