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  • A Thank You Gift Beyond Words

    A dear friend gave me the loveliest thank you gift on Monday. It was WAY too generous, and completely unnecessary, but I am tickled beyond words! The silky soft Liberty of London fabric and the Koigu 100% Merino Wool fingering yarn purchased from Purl Soho in NYC are stunningly beautiful and I am all a-twitter with anticipation and delight at what to make with them!

    I’ve been wasting precious time researching today on Pinterest (the time-sucking void of delicious ideas and pictures) for a summer hexagon quilt for my bed. Our duvet and down comforter is WAY too hot for summer, so I’d like a lighter quilt during the hot season. I won’t get to a quilt until the new year, but I’m so excited at the possibilities!

    I think that I’ll make some finger-less gloves with the yarn. Won’t that be colorful and fun during the drab winter?!

    I’m so grateful for this unexpected gift!

  • Pixie Cable Hat and Booties

    Introducing my 

    Pixie Cable Hat

    and

    Cable Mary Janes!

    I’ve been working on the pattern all spring and summer and I’m making the final revisions right now. Look for the knitting pattern and custom knits for infants available in my shop soon!

    Pictures by Carissa Rasmussen for alipyper.
    Thank you Carissa!!

  • Scarves 4 Japan

    {G} and I are each going to knit an adult scarf to send to Japan. {G} has already started hers…2 x 2 rib that she figured out how to do on her own! Isn’t she so smart?!

    I haven’t decided how I’ll knit mine. Nothing super complicated – that’s not the point.

    If you’re interested in knitting a simple scarf yourself, here is the link with more information, or click the link below or on my sidebar. This is a great project to do with your kids or youth group and it would be a nice way to give back during the upcoming Holiday season!

  • Baby Knit Love

    The dear procreating friends that I mentioned before sent/alerted me of pictures taken of their new little ones in the vest and booties I knit for them. I can’t tell you how lovely it is to see these sweet little babies in handmade goodness!

    Thank you, thank you for the pictures!!

  • Casting {On}

    I’ve been doing a lot of casting {on}.
     Just like the Mr. and the children.
    It was cold at the lake on Saturday, but the cool, crisp autumn air was beautiful.
    The fish were NOT biting. But everybody got lots of casting practice.
    Me too. I’ve been working out some knitting patterns, so I’ve been doing A LOT of casting {on}. I’m so close to finishing up the pattens and getting them into my shop! Stay tuned…

  • knit baby shower gifts

    I’m always on the hunt for a darling pattern that I can crochet or knit into a meaningful baby shower gift. Hadley Fierlinger’s gorgeous mary jane bootie pattern is a favorite of mine because it knits up fast and easy and the finished booties turn out super lovely. The pattern also works well for boys or girls – I just knit in a yummy brown color for the boys. This pattern calls for a 4-ply fingering weight yarn, and my favorite to use is Dale of Norway‘s Baby Ull 100% merino wool.

    I found this lovely little knit vest pattern on Ravelry by Georgie Hallam (or visit her blog), which knits up into a super hip baby/kids vest, but the pattern calls for a DK/8-ply yarn. I wanted to use the Baby Ull yarn (so it would match perfectly to the baby booties) so I knit the 9 month pattern size using the Baby Ull yarn on a size 3 needle and the sizing came out perfectly! I was hoping that both the booties and vest would only use up 1 50g skein of yarn, but it needed a little bit more. So I adjusted the vest pattern a little so that it uses less yarn.

    Knitting the vest without the addition garter stitch portion below the armholes did the trick. These are being packed and shipped off to dear procreating friends!

    Aren’t they yummy?