Baby sweater number 1

Here is baby sweater number one! I designed this cardi to be a one piece seam free cardi, in a soft oatmeal Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino with a subtle fairisle yoke pattern in a cream color, which of course is practically impossible to photograph!

I also got some buttons for it yesterday at my new local yarn store. That is one thing I forgot to tell you, a new yarn store opened in my neighborhood JP Knit and Stitch. I just love the place! Genevieve, Jennifer, and Pat are the onderful owners. They carry yummy yarns, and gorgeous fabrics. I spent a few hours there yesterday just knitting, and chatting. I am so happy they are here!


Here are the buttons, simple and cream white echoing the fairisle pattern.

The lovely JP Knit and Stitch ladies have offered to test-knit the pattern for me!

I am back!

I logged into the blog today, and gasped when I read the last post date. November 17! I can hardly believe it has been this long since I last posted!

Mind you we have been busy. Little Miss SockPixie took longer than we would have liked to recover, but I am happy to say that she is completely back to normal now.

Then, there is the big news! Mr. SockPixie and I are expecting a Mini Boy SockPixie! We are 19 weeks pregnant!
The whole family is overjoyed.

The most exciting part is that I have started knitting for the baby! So over the next few months you can expect a lot of baby knitting!

Here is Mini Boy SockPixie saying hello!

Color Fun

2 new colorways! One breezy, the other dramatic...

And the Winner is....

Thank you so much for your comments, and suggestions. Thank you for all the lovely names. I have the really hard task of picking one now. I expect the pattern will be ready by this Saturday.

Now for the winner of the giveaway...

corycoakley said...
I left this open all day because I couldn't think of the flower this reminded me of...columbine was the one! of course, a few others beat me to the punch. But columbine, totally.

Congratulations corycoakley! Use the contact me button on the right side of the page and send me your full name and your address. I will send you the supplies by mail, and will email you a copy of the pdf pattern by Saturday!

Now it's off to homeschooling for me!

New Furry Baby!

Every Monday, the boys and I host an animation group for teens at our house. Yesterday, one of the mothers brought 2 little rescue kittens with her, wondering if someone wanted one of them.
My motherly instinct kicked in right away, and so within minutes "Mittens" became our baby.

Welcome home Mittens!

Doll Play

A little doll fun for today.
Meet Wednesday, Betsy McCall's dark, spirited twin sister!

A Pixie Hat Story, and a Giveaway!

When I went to Little Miss SockPixie's girlscout meeting on Thursday, I packed a ball of Ella Rae Classic wool in a lovely lavender color with the idea of knitting a hat.

As I sat in a corner of the room, I sketched a hat. Maybe it was because of the laughter of the girls, and their little screams of excitement as they buzzed around the room... I felt like pixies were everywhere. I  envisioned a pointed hat, warm, soft, felted wool, and flowers, all in cheerful colors.

After a few calculations, I started the hat. By Friday it was finished. I stood impatiently next to the washing machine as I was felting it. I anxiously pulled it out. It was love at first sight! It was just the hat I had dreamed.

I knit the body of the hat with the lavender ball of Ella Rae Classic, and added a simple edge of mauve grey to frame the face and give the hat a well defined edge. I knit the strap of the same grey.

For the flowers and leaves, I picked through all my little left over "yarn walnuts". I needed less than 7 yards of each color!

I placed little aqua flower buttons at the center of the tiny blue buds for contrast and texture.

Who knew a hat could make someone so happy!

I will be offering the pattern as a pdf later this week. But there is one little thing I need your help with: a name for my little hat. "Pixie Hat" just does not seem enough for it.

Leave a comment in this post with your suggestion of a name by Tuesday November 16, 10 p.m. Eastern Time, and I will pick one comment at random using a random number generator. The lucky comment will receive all the necessary supplies to make the hat as well as a copy of the pattern!