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!