Sunday, May 26, 2013

Yarning

I love Quince & Co. Within Quince I discovered Carrie Bostick Hoge. Her designs are charming and old fashioned. They are simple and very ordinary but not dull, not even close. They are comfortable and a little back country or homesteadish. What delight I find in these kinds of things. I think of grandma quilts from Vermont and my mom's wicker crochet basket when I think of Carrie's patterns. The sweater below is for my special Camellia Bea Babe. It happened to be named similarly.

The Camilla Babe
















What a beautiful scallop center. How sweet that garter stitch is.

Another lovely garter stitch piece by Carrie is The Annabel Sweater. That squishy blue wool was wound around my fingers all the way to Vermont last October. The almost sweater met my sweet friends in St. Johnsbury and kept me comfortable high in the sky, on route back to Oregon. Here I sat on the porch with it and watched the leaves brown and die and thought of what was alive in me. It was a comfort. It is still.

There they are; there we are.






















When my sister in law asked me to knit her a sweater I sent her tons of Quince and Co. and specifically Carrie patterns, hoping she'd like one that might be really fun to knit and sure enough she chose one from my special, favorite designer, The Moorland Cardigan. This one is not available through Quince. Instead you can find it here at Classic Elite.









So, here's the slow but moving progress of The Moorland Cardigan. Bea is quite helpful, see.






























The yarn is an absolute treat to knit with. It is hearty and wooly. It is mostly black and strong as a Swede. It's swedish and from Close Knit. I adore knitting this thing. Oh and look at that Bea!

Thursday, May 16, 2013

This one is about Bea.

Three months is quickly turning into four months. Bea is quite the lady.




















Pretty in love, yup.


Saturday, May 4, 2013


Making stuff within the free windows of time:
















Those are old Trader Joe's shirts and flannel I found in the stash. I make the baby stuff because I love her. I make burp cloths because it's fast meaning I can really fight off a cry by saying something goofy, sewing, smiling, sewing, singing, sewing, and before she knows it, I finished a burp cloth. For her! Merry Christmas!
















One day I walked us to Bolt and found some cute ass, expensive fabric (I go for the high dollar stuff for my girl because I'll only need 1/4 of a yard or so) and decided to make this. Since I'm not very skilled at sewing, Bea'll only be getting the top part of the dress. It'll be a top and it'll look like a dress for a while anyway.

















I started that about a month ago. Does anyone want to come over and finish it for Bea?