Birthday Dresses

They are almost done.  The bodices are machine-sewn, the skirts are hand-basted and waiting to be sewn by machine.  Just the hem left after that.  Phew!  

(The yellow is pretty bright in the picture - it's a bit darker and more muted in person.)

Some sewing

I am working on a couple dresses for miss Lucy.  One white, one yellow.  Same simple pattern.  Hoping to be done by her birthday in August.  She picked out the yellow fabric, and then also asked for a white dress to wear together with me when I wear my white dress.  How could I resist?

Today I got the bodices finished.

The white bodice.

The yellow bodice.  And a cat.

Another new hat

I made another hat, using some yarn leftover from an old sweater project in a light golden olive-y color.    (In this photo it looks a bit on the brown side, but it is greener than that.)

Still need to block the brim, although I can't say I'll get around to it soon since I'm liking the hat as-is.

The pattern is from a Jane Austen Knits issue, and it's the "Modified Mobcap" seen sideways here:

I love their choice of yarn and wish I had that sitting around, but the textured stitch pattern came out nicely in a solid color, I think, and I didn't have to pay a cent.  Not bad.  My daughter grabbed it from my head and put it on hers as soon as she saw it, saying "mama ghee hap!" (mama green hat)  I take that as a good thing.

Lucy's Hat

She may look less than thrilled here, but she actually brought me her hat and asked to wear it this morning.  And kept it on for about 15 minutes.  Success!

Christmas Elephant

Finished in time for Christmas morning!

For the ears and bottoms of the feet, I used some vintage fabric I got years ago from a friend whose mom passed away.  I think she'd like where it ended up.

The pattern is "Eddie the Elephant" from Knitted Toy Tales by Laura Long.  It is so fun and cute that there will definitely be more little things made from her book in the future.

It's beginning to look a lot like...

                                                              ....an elephant.

Now for the blocking and the sewing and the stuffing, and then Eddie will be done.

Eddie the Elephant

I started knitting a stuffed elephant for my daughter.  Here is most of the body done.

(Despite repeated attempts to get a picture of Lucy in her hat, she will not keep the thing on her head.  Hat fail.  Also, after discovering an error in the knitting pattern, I think, for the size I was knitting, and not knowing how to fix said error, I ripped out the sweater I had started and moved on to other things.)