My boy is wearing his hat, though I was distracting him from watching his new Elmo DVD his Nana sent, so he was not too pleased... here's a few images of gifts I made this year:
I lengthened the shell stitches, switched up my hook size and changed up the part going up the arm a bit... which I can make in any length *hint, hint*
This pair was a custom order a friend asked me to make for her because her hands get cold at work while she types... good idea! She asked for them in November and I am just now getting them to her... ugh! In my defense, Silas is now on his third round of antibiotics for his ear infection... so the little guy has been extra needy, and not sleeping well. We are just keeping out fingers crossed that this time it clears up so we don't have to resort to having tubes put in, yikes!
Yes, more hats. This is not for Zac, but I did plead with him to model it for me. And it got me a new order for one just like it! This was a custom order for a friend in Navada. I'm now getting more adult hat orders than baby or child hats!
I LOVE the colors in this one. Perfect for a guy, but I actually made it for a girl. She'll soon be hitting the Tahoe slopes in it =] Jealous!!!
This is also a custom order for a friend here in Germany in size 3-6 months. I re-made this hat 3 times to get it right!!! But the bright side is that I ended up with a hat that will fit a new born in the process, and I actually wrote down the pattern for this size, and for the new born size, so I don't make the same mistakes again. Ugh!
First up are these baby shoes. I had to improvise on the size because I usually make 6-12 month slippers, but these are for a baby that was born in October, so I found the applicable size, and altered my pattern, hope they fit! They are lined inside with fleece and flannel on the back and on the sole. Ho ho ho little Niko!
I also sold my first pair of these in the 6-12 month size on my Etsy shop this week for the first time too! Yay!
I'm nearly finished with another hat with this same color scheme and have 2 more orders, also with these colors! Ranging from 3-6 months all the way to an adult sized hat... it's a popular color combo!
This is the first 3-6 month size hat I've made. It's quite small and is made to fit on a 14"-17" head. I just bought the yellow yarn at the shop the other day. I had already finished up most of the hat when I bought it, otherwise I may have added it into the rows as well, it's very mellow yellow and yummy, I can foresee it being the beak on most hats from now on at the very least. Also, I had an idea about making the eyes with an off-centered pupil, which worked great, but I had to make the white of the eye stand out this time since it was on a white hat, so this little girl gets eye liner, haha! It will be up in my NEW ETSY SHOP very soon =] (more on that further down)
Last night I finished my third hat like this. It's the first one to sell off my new Etsy store I opened last month, I also sold one to a friend, Kim, for her 1 year old daughter, so I made two of these this week!
The same friend who ordered the owl hat, asked me to make a Jack Skellington hat for her son. A little late for Halloween, but it's not for that, it's just because it's his favorite movie, he's got good taste! I finished both hats for Kim last night.
I made another hooded towel for Silas, this time with a bigger hood he can grow into a bit. I love this new striped towel from Martha Stuart, it's perfect for my boy! I love how easy and quick these towels are, although this time I used the hand towel length wise so it would be big... because he really will be a big boy before I know it... boo!
I made the logo using mostly the pen tool in Adobe Illustrator, and a lot of inspiration from found cuckoo clock images. Now I am thinking of turning the bird into an owl though since my specialty is the owl hat... (also, I just added a link to my store so if you need a darling hat... adult sizes are on their way... go check it out, though it's sparse at the moment since all hats I'm currently making are special orders)
Yes, he's that big now, it's insane, I know... And with this rapid growth, comes a new nightmare: molars. These painfully slow growing teeth are creating more drool than ever. Now I know why so many German babies wear these scarves. Silas will not wear a bib, but he'll wear one of these all day without even one tug. And it's getting really cold out, so bonus on the duel functioning up-cycled scarf! Here's how to make your own:
The shape you need. Print this without scaling (do not fit to page), it should be the right size.
1- Fold shirt so you do not have a seam going through your scarf and cut out 1 template shape.
3- Place right sides together, pin around. I mark where I do not want to sew because I tend to leave an opening that's too small if I don't. Sew around with a 1/4" seam allowance, leaving a 2-3" opening for turning.
4- Turn, shape and iron flat.
6- Grab about 1" strip of hook and loop (aka velcro) and some Wonder tape (if you so choose)
Super simple and totally reversible! These would be very easy to personalize with a stenciled or appliquéd letter or symbol. Here's to warm necks and dry chests!
Also new: Leather toes! This keeps the fabric from getting wholes, and it's real leather... super soft!
So the size is PERFECT for traveling. It rolls up to be stuffed into our backpack (the Deuter Kid Comfort II that we just recently won on Ebay.de). Unroll and slip it over the back of the chair. I used quilt batting in between the two fabrics for the seat which I am really happy with.
The monkey cooperated much better for these photos... I added loops at the back to slide the belt through before tying it around the back of the chair because without them, Silas can turn around and wiggle himself up and out pretty easily.
So, after setting baby down on the chair, run the belt through the loops and around to the back side where there are more loops to choose from for the right sizing... tie and you're good to go... hopefully for a whole meal!
Details... The sizing can also be altered on the back for these belt loops and the velcro keeps it from slipping out AND I sewed on this fabric strip to wrap around the whole thing when you're all done.
I was going to sew a strip of this fabric straight across the bottom when I was putting the binding on (this was my first attempt at binding, so I know it's not the greatest, but I'm learning), but thought this would go with the fabric better and they are near impossible to sew with the machine because they stick so well, So I have to stitch them on by hand.
Front with fork and spoon has a "food pocket" at the bottom. Then turn it inside out, un-snap the pocket... and voila... an apron for messy projects with a toddler... eh? Silas doesn't mind wearing it, that's the miracle part of it all =]
He want to feed himself much more now and finding foods he won't squish in his hands and can be picked up easily is tough. Here he's eating black eye peas and green been, both of which, surprisingly, he likes. Then he's there attempting to feed himself, notice the empty bowl... he typically throws it on the ground right after doing this, maybe he's frustrated that he can't actually get the food from the bowl to his mouth yet...
