some recent customs

I've been busy working on a few customs as well as finalizing the Lucia Sweater pattern.

I crocheted 2 newsboy caps for the children of a customer, who is also a dear friend of mine. While I've used traditional cotton in the past, I experimented with using organic cotton this time. Since the organic cotton I used shrinks vertically, I modified the pattern and then washed the hat to make sure it shrank like I thought it would. I tried it on my daughter and this picture just makes me giggle. She looks like she's thinking, "You want to mess with me?"



My friend requested pink flowers to go with the hats. I crocheted the flowers and sewed them on to a button so that they could button the flower onto the hats or remove them whenever they wanted. The cotton is a naturally occurring camel color and should go with almost anything.



I also just finished knitting a soaker for a customer using ...a time to dye's "Eden" colorway on Blackberry Ridge merino. This is a cheerful and bright colorway that will make a perfect summer soaker.

a big thank you to my test knitters!

I've been working on releasing the pattern for my Lucia sweater and it's finally available today! In this process, I got some help from knitters online who offered their time and resources to test knit the pattern for me. I'm incredibly grateful to these women for offering feedback, suggestions, and most of all their knitting talents to me.

In no particular order, I've got these knitters to thank:

Lisa of Winsome Whatnots. Find her at http://hyenacart.com/WinsomeWhat-nots

Jennifer of Scentsory Creations. Find her at http://hyenacart.com/scentsorycreations

Genevieve who blogs here: http://blueberrywinter.blogspot.com/. She's also working on opening at Etsy shop.

Stacy of Nurturing Threads. Find her at www.nurturingthreads.com

There are also a few more knitters who don't have a website: Liz, Amanda, Sarena and Kari.

Liz is a local knitter friend of mine. We met at the park last summer when I saw her knitting a pair of socks. She's an amazingly talented knitter. Liz let me borrow her sweater so that I could use it to take pictures, and I'm hoping to be able to take some soon.

Amanda gifted her sweater to a girl whose grandmother is named Lucia. She's hoping for a women's sized sweater, so I'll take on that challenge soon.

Thanks again to you all!

"Giant Peach" Lucia Sweater

I designed a sweater for my daughter this spring and wrote about it here. But I wanted to change a few things about the design. I came up with a design I'm really happy with, and it's currently being test knit by some wonderful knitters. The pattern will be available for sale soon.

This is the sweater I made while writing the pattern. The sweater features a wide neck (for easy on and off). I designed it to be worn over short or long sleeved shirts.

newborn sweetness

I just finished up this custom set for a sweet mama expecting a baby girl this summer. They're knit with "Birthday Girl" by Mosaic Moon.

The booties were a little extra something for her. A quick little knit for some teeny tiny feet.

some green for Earth Day

a climbing vine


our fiddleheads


"happy forest"

fun little recycling craft for Earth Day (or any day)

My husband is creative when it comes to playing with the kids. He and our oldest daughter spent Saturday morning together and built a factory out of an old card board box, some plastic lids, and some yarn. The kids have been playing with their factory ever since.

On Saturday afternoon he spent some time with our middle daughter and this is what I came home to:

A food collage picture for everyone in our family!

They used some of our old magazines to clip pictures of food, then glued the pictures together to make people. Super cute and a great craft for little kids who love to cut and glue.

Here's a close up of my collage. I have chocolate cake for my body. I love it!

a sweater for my baby

I've been thinking about designing a sweater for a while now, and had an idea for one I wanted to knit. I finally found the right yarn and enough time to sit down and figure it all out. I ran out of yarn before I could finish it up exactly as I wanted to, and now that I've knit it once, there are a few things about the design I would change, but I'm happy with it.

So here's her sweater. And she's adorable, if I do say so myself.