Bubblewrap Jumper Pattern

 

Pretty happy with this one. Pattern here.

thumbsucker mittens (with pattern)

I always forget how cold the cold is Upstate New York. Being a thumbsucker, Antea won't keep her mittens on for long so I made these that have the option for the little thumb to be in or out. I posted the pattern here.

chunky mustard jumper

I finally got to use the beautiful Beiroa yarn I got last year at Retrosaria when I was in Lisbon. I wish I had gotten more! I ran out of yarn so the jumper is more like a t-shirt. I wrote the pattern here. The best part is it goes beautifully with Antea's Mabo kids playsuit.

knitted pants

Knitted pants made from beautiful yarn Margarida brought me from Portugal. Wrote up the pattern if you want to try it out.

strawberry jumper

Antea has been getting a lot of compliments on this jumper and I wrote down the pattern as some people have asked about it. I used Knit Picks Gloss DK in Scarlet that my dear friend Margarida gave me.

seed stitch cardigan

Beautiful local alpaca yarn. I wrote up the pattern as best as I could here.

pompom hat

Autumn Upstate New York always surprises me. I just want to knit all the time. Even Antea's Halloween costume was knitted - a big bad wolf tail and ears. Bobby Rabbit got dressed up as Little Red Riding Hood.
Instructions for pompom hat here.

the girl in her summer hats

Two hats I made for Antea this Summer - both with fabric from Sew Green. I have uploaded the template and instructions here.
The blue fabric had me discover the beauty of wax fabrics - especially the outstanding designs of Vlisco.
Oh - and Antea has learned how to say "hat" (except she says "hatti").

summer jumper

At last finished Antea's Summer jumper. You can download the pattern by clicking here.

mr. rabbit, mr. rabbit, your fabric is very thin

Antea's toy that she sleeps with is Mr. Bobby, the rabbit.  It has gotten so worn out that it is fraying all over. I keep darning it but it is just a mess so I decided to replicate it in the hopes she would take to the new one ("Bunny 2").
I am very happy with the result but Antea was first suspicious, then amused, and now she politely ignores the impostor.
In any case here is the template I made for Bunny 2 following these instructions. The template doesn't include seam allowances.
I used a fat quarter I got at Sew Green.

sorbet top with template

Antea has a new summer top :)
The fabric and all the notions are from Sew Green :))
You can download the pattern here.
(on the top image you can also see the hanger I made - I wrapped a plastic hanger following this method except I used ribbon rather than strips of cloth)

Cloud 9 with template

Cloud mobile for Antea's crib. The top cloud is filled with both rice and poly-fil to give it weight so it hangs over the edge.
The initial reason for making the mobile was to cover an ugly notice that is painted onto the head board in a very visible area and cannot be removed.
You can download the template for the shapes here.
The shapes are sewn using 3 strands of embroidery floss in blanket stitch. The two clouds are attached with a 2-stitch i-cord in cotton yarn. The drops attach to the big cloud with 6 strands of embroidery floss.

Mexican oil cloth bibs

When I lived in Austin, one of my favorite places to go was El Interior in Clarskville. I wanted to buy the whole shop. The weekend before I left I made two stops: one at Allens Boots to get the gift I promised myself (real Texas-made cowboy boots); and one at El Interior to stash up on tons of Mexican oil cloth and some little gifts for Antea.
You can download the template for them here.
I made some double-side bibs for when she starts eating solids which should be soon. She will be 6 months tomorrow. It feels I never lived a day when she wasn't here.