Knitting Milos...

Best little vest pattern ever. It is a pattern by Georgie Hallam called Milo and available on Ravelry. It is knitted in the round from the top down so no seams to sew up! I made a bunch of mods and used the pattern as a base only. The purple one received an embroidered heart while the grey version incorporates a lace stitch. My third Milo is almost finished, this one with a bright orange embroidered star! Sooo cute with tights and a diaper bum sticking out... :)

Baby blankets

I may not have been blogging but I have been busy sewing, knitting, and crocheting baby things. Of course it started with blankets and has now progressed into little dresses and sweaters.

Love my vintage fabric patchwork quilt in Sabrina's crib. I crocheted 2 granny square blankets, a dark blue one for the pram and a big orange and brown one for the crib. (Her corner of our bedroom is now a 70's brown) Sooo cozy. The knitted cream blanket was knitted up in one night, starting with one stitch then increasing and decreasing on the diagonal. That one may be Sabrina's favorite...

Sisters

Where, oh where does time go? These pictures were taken just before Christmas and I am just getting to them now. I just love the picture with big sister Annie... so really wanted to post them, old or not. Sabrina has grown much since then of course...

Back to serious blogging soon. Enough of this piddling around! :)

Seven weeks old...

Sabrina has been with us for seven weeks now... we are getting into some kind of schedule and rhythm. I am finally starting to feel some creativity creep back in, thank goodness since I thought my brain would continue to feel like mush forever. I have no idea how other women do it, looking after babies and toddlers while continuing to create and inspire as well as share and blog about it... I am in awe of these women (and there are so many of them). I honestly still have those days where I can barely manage to take a shower... let alone finish a knitting project. (or post to my blog) :)

But one newly crooked smile makes it all worthwhile... and is there anything better than kissing those now dimply arms and legs? We are all so in love with this new little person...

Thanks everyone for the sweet congratulations and welcome backs!

Welcome to the world baby Sabrina!

Talk about complete abandonment of blog... for 7 months no less. Why? Well, I found out I was pregnant... Yes, pregnant in my mid forties... eek! To say I needed 7 months to adjust to the idea is an understatement, haha.

So here we are with a very special addition to the family, yes, another girl, baby Sabrina. She was born September 16 and is now 2 weeks old exactly.

The big girls adore her...

Welcome to the world baby Sabrina! You are so very precious...

Is there anything better than knitting for baby? Nope. I loved knitting the Pickles Darling dress for Sabrina...

Snowday!

To say the late snow caught us off guard is an understatement... but what a wonderful surprise to wake up to! We all decided to take a snow day off... is there anything better when it happens so rarely and won't again for at least another year?

Happy Valentines!

Wishing everyone a happy Valentines! :)

Yarn embroidery

Wanted to try my hand at embroidering flowers on knits.... Based VERY loosely on the beautiful kalocsa embroidery I so admire. My circles aren't perfectly circular, my leaves are a bit uneven, but the heart turned out pretty good. :) I love the look of the folklore flowers on the plain grey mittens, imperfections and all. Now on to mitten #2... and then perhaps a photo session with oldest daughter for the final results?

Pretend cable capelet

Knitted up this super cute (and quick) little capelet this past week. The pattern is from the book Gifted: Lovely Little Things to Knit and Crochet, by Mags Kandis. The what looks like a cable is actually not a true cable but a pssso, sooo easy and fun.

Annie was a magnificent model as per usual, am I not the luckiest? I love how the pictures turned out.

Nordic slouch hat

Love this new book, Quick Nordic Knits. Spotted it first as a Japanese book, then imagine my great happiness when I noticed it available in English as well! Chiana helped my indecision as to what to knit first by picking what she calls her 'gnome' hat. She lives in this hat. :) So many hats, mittens, and socks... love.

New look and new book

How exciting! Thought it was time for a new blog look and so after a weekend of many evil words mostly pointed towards Blogger, XML and my own limited skills here it is... a new Yarning...

Annie was not impressed that she no longer appears in the header, but I explained that since she is my number one model she would appear in plenty of post images and so would still be a big part of the blog. :) Hope everyone likes the new look!

The images are from a brand new Japanese knitting book, "Small Nordic Knitting", isbn 978-4391139518 and available on Amazon.jp. I love...

Knits and layering

Loving the layered, colorful mixed knit looks from the November Fudge magazine. Winter is still here and there is plenty of time left for knitting up more goods. Have a couple of small projects on the go right now such as mittens, hats, and infinity scarfs but then it might be time for a cardi. Love, and I mean love, the neon yellow one...

Back to 'normal'

Happy new decade everyone!

Don't tell my girls, but as much as I loved the holiday season, I am now enjoying the post holiday quiet and regroup. Tree and other Christmas decorations came down today, yes that always is a bit sad, but loved putting the house 'back together'.

Lucky me received the beyond gorgeous chrome pendant lamp from my significant other and it is now re-wired and hanging in the kitchen. Sooooooo love.

Merry Christmas!

Wishing everyone the happiest of holidays!!

Sweet embroidery from Japanese sewing magazine Cotton Time 2010.