Twins

Last Monday my neighbour Pam gave birth to twins! The Wednesday before (just in the nick of time) took over two tiny baby hats for the twins. One has a blue strip for Charlie and the other has a pink strip for Rebi.

The hats side by side

Pam with her son Thomas and the hats

William and the baby socks

While knitting this summer I made 5 pairs of blue baby socks. Below is a picture of baby Willam wearing a pair and his mom holding up another. I am in the picture just for fun.

Purple and White Skiing Hat

After making all of the baby clothing this last month I decided to make something a little larger. This hat is what I came up with. It is my own design made out of hand spun yarn I found in my stash. I think it turned out well with the purple and white yarn.

Babies Abound

I know many people who had or are having babies soon. These are a few of the baby items I have knit over the summer.

A baby blank for my friend Sarah

Baby Socks

A hat made out of merino handspun for my friend's two year old.

Re-entering the bloggest phare

I know it has been quite awhile since I last posted on this blog. I have been busy, but I was also breaking from using the Internet to its full extent. Alas, I am back!
Here is a picture of a square which I crocheted for a quilt (if you can call it that), which my hand weaving and spinning guild is making for our 60th anniversary. It is made out of hand spun merino and tencle yarn.

The Coat of Natural Colours

A while back I was working at a pioneer village for the summer as a historical interpreter. As part of my duties I was to demonstrate various pioneer crafts.

This is a picture of a wrap/shawl which I made during my time there. It was knit in four pieces and then sewn together. The yarn is 100% handspun wool which I had spun, but not used over the years.

Here is a picture of a close up of part a section.

The yarn in this section is two ply with one strand being white and the other brown which makes an interesting barber poll.