Aravis Cowl and Yarn Giveaway

Some of you may have seen by now- but this week on Yarn on the House, they are giving away Aravis Cowl patterns and yarn.  When the post went live, I was in awe of these beautiful pictures.

From the pictures themselves to the amazing styling, Ve is going to have to give me some pointers (along with her daughter, Jasmine, who helped with the styling- this girl's got a future!).

You can see more of Ve's pictures here on Ravelry.  There's also a Yarn on the House group on Ravelry- go see what they're up to!  Want a chance at free yarn and patterns?  Just stop by this post over at Yarn on the House and leave a comment for your chance to win.

Ready to Roll

It doesn't seem to matter so much to me that the nursery is not totally finished, my hospital bags are not quite packed, or the fact that I have a long to do list I'd like to accomplish before baby FPK arrives.  In this moment, I am happy knowing that my baby will have just about the cutest outfit to come home from the hospital in (I am a knitter- I have priorities, there are expectations). Presenting...


My gender neutral Little Lamby set.  I can't tell you how excited I am about the way this has turned out.  This is the third time I have actually made this sweater, it is a wonderful (not to mention free!) pattern by Jennifer Little.


The hat and mittens were totally made up as I went.  Since I was having tension issues with this slippery yarn on the sweater, I decided to just put the little lambs on the mitts and hat with duplicate stitch.  I'm not gonna lie- it totally gave me a hankerin' to find a great cross stitch or embroidery pattern to try out- any suggestions?


I added little buttons to the end of the sleeves, along with button holes to the ribbed portion of the mitts.

Hopefully this will keep mitts in place!



You may have noticed that the front buttons of the sweater are still missing, that is on purpose.  I have pink and blue buttons that will both be making the trek to the hospital with me. 


I also found the perfect shade of pinkish/peach silk bamboo yarn in my stash  that will be added as flowers to the taller blades of grass in the occasion that baby FPK turns out to be of the girl variety.



So let the dishes pile up, the work load increase- in my opinion, we now have all we need :)


On the Line

Back when I first posted about my baby shower, I failed to leave off one of my favorite elements.  My handknit project gallery:



I'm sure a few of these projects look familar.  A couple don't, and there's a reason for that.  The cream sweater is store-bought, but it just seemed to fit so we added it- shhh!

Some exciting news?  By the end of today there should be another sweater to add to the line (not that I actually have the clothesline up anymore, that would be silly).  Not only is my new Little Lamby blocking, but so are mittens and a hat to match- be on the lookout!

PS- I'm loving all the tips from the last post- you are all preparing me so well :)

Bulking Up

With less than three weeks until my due date (I know, I can hardly believe it myself), I decided it was time to hit my local Costco to stock up on things I could buy before baby comes.


For all you mothers out there- do you have any advice you can send my way for this tail end of the pregnancy?  What should I make sure I have in the house/ what do I need?  

Little Lamby




I had the idea to do the same sweater in a smaller gauge in very neutral, non-gender specific colors (or as close as I could get to them).  I picked my palette:


And when my yarn finally arrived, I got a'knittin:



I am totally in love with the color scheme, but I am having some tension issues.  Colorwork with a silk alpaca sportweight yarn on size 0 needles was maybe not the greatest idea- lesson learned.  I'm hoping blocking helps a bit... we'll see.