Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Mama and me matching rainbow socks
The sewn purses
And here is M's purse.
Afterwards, we got fabric paint, and the girls painted them.
Friday, December 5, 2008
Matching crocheted Rainbow hat
Knitted Rainbow Dress
Thursday, December 4, 2008
No hair day
My first projects were completed in Janury, this in February, 08. This I stumbled upon when looking for a sun hat pattern for M. This is the link for what I found instead: http://www.headhuggers.org/patterns/kpatt10.htm
It is called "The 'No-Hair-Day' Hairy Chemo Cap. My friend's daughter (10 months younger than M) had just commented on not liking her mom's post chemo hair . So I made them matching hats. I asked her what color she wanted, this was what she chose.
My daughter comments when we go and look at yarn and she sees this yarn, "This is weird yarn, isn't it?" As a novice knitter, I must have said that several times, as it is very forgiving if you make a mistake (the fur hides everything), but if you make a mistake, it's harder to fix, because you can't rip it easily or see it well to fix it.
I think they are great fun. My dh, when I started knitting, told me "Just don't make anything for me." He is very wise, and was avoiding a potentially less than ideal situation (me knitting with love, him really not wanting to wear it). But when he saw this, he told me, "You can make me one of those. In yellow."
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
The mismatching matching buddy mittens
And there he is, our neighbor and her dear friend, O. She adored these mittens, but 8 months later when we got them out as we started to ready for the weather change, she was very disconcerted that they didn't match. Matching is very important when you are 3. But then I reminded her that they actually DO indeed match, that it was O and M wearing matching hats, and the matching need was met.
I love these mittens, but I should have used a different body yarn, I didn't know enough about yarn, and I think that while I love this yarn, I think it may get scratchy after a while. But where we live, chances are she won't need to wear them long enough to bother her.
The hat, I think, I was lucky it fit her (even as a novice knitter, I didn't knit guage, the pattern was for an adult, I was using a different yarn, etc.). But the mittens were the beginning of my knit-it-too-big-on-purpose m.o.. Maybe I have a phobia that by the time I finish, it will be too small, but I think that really I just felt that if I knit it, I want it worn too big, just right, and a bit snug.
The idea for these came from the memory that I had gloves with faces on each finger when I was a kid that entertained me for hours, I did a search for mittens and finally found these: http://www.aristofashion.com/handknit/freepatterns.htm but I pretty much played it as I went along, and made the hats to match hers. I was going to add the cat ears, but she just wanted the mittens already.
Note: We went to Chicago in Feb of 09 and M would announce to me when holding my hand: "You're holding your Molly!" Or "You're holding Oscar!" I love how much she loves these.
The Kitty hat
Here she is making a snow angel in the hat (with the mittens that shortly followed)
And on a blustery day at the beach in Mexico in February.
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Sunflowers and dientes de leon
Here is Grandma playing with Molly in the garden.
And my personal favorite flower, the dandelion... in Spanish Diente de leon, or Lion's tooth. A flower so strong, they call it a weed.
Before the knit, the wall
And M seemed to love it.
The next fairy I drew felt much more like us now, a bit more spritish. And I felt we needed more diversity. I liked the daisies, so I decided to paint her to blend in a bit. But then I got stuck on how I wanted to paint the wings. I also felt we needed a chubbier fairy in the mix, to match M, but by the time I finished this one...
M stretched out. She really liked the wall art, down at her level.
Saturday, November 22, 2008
My first big knit
Before the knits, came the inspiration, my favoritest creation. Work in progress, begun in September 2004, born June 18, 2005. I'd say she's still on the needles, but I think maybe I'm on hers.