butterfly hat

two full weeks of not leaving the house because of sickness (first me, then my little one) has allowed me plenty of time to knit. so on a roll of prolific-osity (sooo not a word!), i knit this butterfly hat for myself... i had this random ball of patons SWS natural blue that i bought on a whim and wanted to use it up. i don't like the way it knit up, honestly, and i think a beautiful hat like this might knit up more elegantly with a solid color. unfortunately, this hat needed just a tad more natural blue than one skein, so i'm still stuck with a random skein of natural blue! bummer. oh well, i'll see what i can do.

i do love the way this hat looks from the back though! so beautiful, in my opinion. the stitch is super easy to do. oh yeah! i got the pattern here :)

the wee wig

i finally got around to making a hallowig! i've been wanting to make this forever but haven't gotten around to it. give me two weeks of being completely shut in my home, first due to my being super sick and now mia being super sick (but getting better)and here is my wee wig, a little toddler version of the original adult hallowig. i love it! my little one has always had a ton of hair but never like this! it looks so cute on her! and for a girly-effect, i made a little flower (no pattern, just winged it) to go on the side! i love it.

i didn't care that much for the way the pattern because i couldn't visualize how it came together (and some of the directions were sort of confusing) but making it made me realize that my modifications for my toddler size (100 stitches total) had to be modified mid-pattern. it took some improvisation but i managed through it. i did get some good directives on modifying the pattern, however, from this post on this blog.

before i attached the flower, i did get my poor rusty (my little BOY dog) to model the flower i made and then tried to put it on mia but she quickly crawled away! my girl is getting big in no time :( she even took her first steps today! i was super excited but scared at the idea that she's now MOBILE! oy vey!

finally! some knitties!

i'm finally done with some knitted stuff! to get me back in knitting i did a black and gray kitty hat for a swap (which i forgot to take a picture of!) and a basic cable hat from stitch 'n bitch. the hats then put me in the mood for yet ANOTHER kitty hat, one that i've been meaning to do for a while! here is my little one, in full kitty hat-love. i thought it was kind of appropriate that she was wearing her halloween pajamas (well, i bought them after halloween 'cause they were on sale for a dollar, and who was going to see her pj's anyway? lol~ i guess, the world) i love seeing my sweet girl giggling like this (which she usually does) and i finally have a brown and pink hat which replaces the one i lost that i made her :(

belated christmas pictures

it's been a little bit since christmas but here are our christmas pics :) including us trimming our first christmas tree, our family christmas celebration, and our trip on new year's day to christmas in the park (see how much fun mia and I are having?) i wish i had a picture of something i've made so far, but honestly i've been in a creation standstill as far as craftiness... i am working on some projects however... so more to come ;)