Cashmere Sweater for Lainey

So not 100% cashmere, more like 10%, but it is still buttery soft and was So nice to work with!
I used Knit Picks Capra yarn and this little project took only a long weekend (with a lot of driving) and 2 balls of yarn. (I have 2 more- one cream and one teal so maybe a striped sweater for Lainey as well?)

The pattern is Granny's Favourite and I have found that I much prefer to knit sweater yokes that are rounded instead of raglan for the girls- I think they look cute and they go so much faster for some reason. The lace pattern here was also very easy to memorize which was nice.

Emelia's Rainbow Sweater

This is one of my all time favorite projects. It is sweet and girly without being PINK or lacy. She loves it too and wants to wear it all of the time!

I think that she likes it too!! 

While I was knitting it, I would try it on her once in a while to see if it was the right size and each time she would look it and and then tell me- "it need buttons." Now that it has buttons- she loves it! 

Pocket Pants

 I made Emi and Peter both a pair (Emi 2 actually) of these pants. They were called the Simple Pocket Pants out of a book that I had. I made her the 2T pants and tried them on- they were HUGE on her so the next time I just sewed in the seam allowances a little extra. The second set fit her a little better. She loved them though so we put them on and I sent her outside. By the time I was out with her... she'd jumped in two or three mud puddles. I didn't expect anything different!! Peter's are really big on him as well so maybe next fall they will fit him a little better. He kept telling me- I just need to pull them up a little higher.

I also made her hat out of Striping Liberty Wool. It matches her "cute" winter jacket perfectly but Peter's old blue one fits better and she seems more comfortable in it.

Pete's Green Sweater

 I made Pete another green sweater. This time out of Knit Picks Tweed yarn so it has an army/outdoorsy feel to it. He wanted apple buttons on it, I couldn't find any, but I told him the wooden buttons I used were made of apple tree wood. I used this pattern and thought it was well written. I used a lot of the 2T measurements but added length for my skinny guy

 Garrick accidentally sent it through the wash- but since it was superwash yarn it was fine and actually blocked it for me which was great. I am never confident that superwash yarn is really that!

I guess it is good for jumping in too.

Sleep Sacks for Baby

One of my favorite baby sewing books is Handmade Beginnings. There is a little sleep sack pattern in there that I've been wanting to make. So now the new kid has a little wearable blanket to him him/her warm in our chilly house!

Tea Leaves for Me

This is the first sweater that I knit for myself. I used Malabrigo Arroyo which was really nice to work with for two reasons. One: It is a really nice yarn- doesn't split and it is kettle dyed so it didn't pool in any way while I was knitting. Two: It is a sport weight yarn and has a lot of yarn in each ball- I used 3 balls up completely, and then finished the sleeve with the last one. One of the balls had a lot more gray in it than the others, but I used it for the smocked upper portion so it wasn't as noticeable. I think it turned out nice- maybe just a little too big- next time I"ll take a few more measurements of myself!

Emi's Christmas Dress

I saw this knit as a little blouse in the baby knitting book, "What to Knit When You Are Expecting" and it was in DK weight yarn and only up to a 12 month size. But I loved the smocking on the front and knew it would be cute as a dress/tunic. So I sized up to worsted weight yarn (Madelinetosh Vintage) and casted on the 3-6 month size to see how it would work. It fit Emelia great and will last for a while as a tunic and then as a top- if she continues to grow upward as fast as she has been!