A true sundress

We haven't had all that much sun this summer, so I made a sundress for the baby. In a bright, sunny yellow. With strawberry buttons. How much more summer can you squeeze into a dress?

Dressing up

Spring is finally here! And seeing as I'm quite particular about the sort of clothes I want my daughter to wear, much of her spring/summer wardrobe will be home made this year. And every girl needs a couple of dresses in her wardrobe, right?





Yarn: Sandnes Duett, about five skeins in total
Pattern: Kaia Babydoll (Ravlery)
Needles: 4mm + 6mm



Pattern: Stoff & Stil 63005
Fabrics: Stoff & Stil 250409 and 270186

Finished

Yarn: Sandnes Duett (unfortunately discontinued)
Pattern: Drops/Garnstudio

Quite happy with this jacket. It is rather wide and short and looks enormous, but not all that bad when put on.

WIP (work in progress)

I'm knitting a spring jacket for my girl. The yarn is a cotton-merino blend and deliciously soft. I found it in a sales basket and payed 20 kr a skein, which makes this a rather cheap project. I've also bought bright cerise buttons. Here's a WIP picture:

Therapeutic work

The past few months have been rather intense. The new year started with us getting every conceivable cold and flu one after the other, then in late January our 2-year-old was ended up in hospital for a week thanks to the RS-virus. Also I found out I was pregnant in early January; last week I started bleeding and went for a scan at the hospital. I was bleeding because I'd had a missed abortion. I thought I was 13 weeks along, however the embryo hadn't made it past 6 weeks. So it's been a bit of a roller coaster ride lately.

In the midst of all this, what has given me solace and peace of mind is sewing, knitting and a bit of redecorating. I've finished a few UFOs (unfinished objects, that is), such as overlocking ready cut nappy inserts for our daughter's cloth nappies and buttoning an otherwise finished nappy, assembling a couple of knitting projects, and so on. I've also started (and finished!) a couple of garments for my daughter.

First the Bambi T-shirt:



Pattern (modified) from Ottobre 4/2010, fabric from Myllymuksut.

Then a pair of jeans:



Pattern from Ottobre 1/2010, fabric from Stoff & Stil. My girl loves everything pink at the moment, thus the pink button. I'm hoping that detail will make the trousers acceptable to her. ;)

Lastly I've built two Malm chests from Ikea for my girl's room. Up until now her clothes have been stored in a Expedit shelf with inserts, and we've changed her nappies on a separate changing table. However those items of furniture were bought for where we lived when our girl was born, and didn't work all that well here. So the Malm chests were a welcome change. More storage and a less crowded room. Hopefully we'll soon be able to remove the changing pad as well, as she's starting to get the hang of going to the potty again, after a long period of refusing to go near it.

Little penguin

It only took a year... I started this penguin suit in size 1 year in September 2009. Now, in September 2010, I finally finished it, in size 2 years. It fits my girl perfectly, and is so cute!