aspen's iris pants

these pants are for sweet little aspen, she's just 10 days older than curran! i traded with her mom geneva - she made me a gorgeous handwoven scarf, i will try to get a picture of it today... the yarn is from zen string in their iris colorway.

basket o' prefolds

a very patient customer of mine sent me prefold diapers to appliqué for her - she was so great to work with because she knew exactly what she wanted and chose many of my favorite appliqués to do! thanks so much melissa! i hope you like them!!

valentine fortune cookies

fortune cookies for estin's first valentine's day party! :)

small, medium, large

got a few more pairs of patchy pants done - doggy pants for estin, polka dots and stripes for my nephew reed, and itty bitty doggy pants for curran. i've never made pants so small but they turned out so cute! i'll try to get some pics of him wearing them soon...

peace, booties, hat, & more patchy pants...

i could do separate posts for all of these, but i'm feeling lazy and want to keep it simple - so here are some recent fo's (finished objects)...

first up - my little peace baby. a customer is sending me some prefold diapers to appliqué for her and it's been a while since i've turned my sewing machine on, so i figured i better get back in the groove. i tried out the appliqué stitch on the outer edge and wasn't too happy with it, i think i'll stick with plain, ol' zigzag until i can figure out the right settings for it.

then we've got some booties from leftover sweater yarn - i love these, they are so cute and they actually stay on even when he crawls around! (pattern here)

next is more leftover sweater yarn, a pixie hat for estin. i really love this pattern (scroll down), so much that starting in february i will be licensed to sell hats made from it!

and last - i finally finished another pair of patchy pants, i used some heather ross doggy prints so dade calls them his doggy pants. they turned out a tad baggy, especially now that he's wearing underwear more often than diapers but oh well. that's what i get for not using a pattern, lol!

for me, for me!

this hat is the first thing i've ever knit for myself, it was about time! i used zen string's handspun, the pics really don't show off how cool this yarn is. i also followed their pro bono pattern for the hat and honestly haven't taken it off since i finished it!

for a new baby

my friend sara asked me to knit a little set for her new niece or nephew due in february. she gave me these great yarns to work with even! i love how everything turned out! i'm definitely going to knit up some booties for curran, they are so cute and fast!