No, no, no, not for me, but for everyone else I know it seems. Ok, that's an exaggeration, but for my best friend, Sam, it is baby time. She just found out a month ago that she is pregnant with her second child, welcome a new addition to her already beautiful family. So for me that means plenty of time to craft all new small and happy gifts to shower her with. I like when I actually know someone who is having a baby, as it makes me appear less nuts when buying can't pass up baby items at St. Vinnies. I have a stack already going and waiting to be sent.
In this first shipment I am also going to include a bird mobile and a baby blanket. The bird mobile was something that I found while looking for favors for our wedding. Originally, I had hand sew about fifty of these birds with the intention that they would hang from the center pieces of our wedding tables and act as our favor, but when I hit fifty I hit a wall and I could do no more. Subsequently our venue canceled on us (after invitations were mailed causing major confusion) and I was left with a bag of these stuffed birds. So I figured why not make the mobile that the bird pattern originated from, which can be found on here at Spool,
And here is my version,
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| Taken with iphone (sorry about the quality) |
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And of course what new baby would be welcomed without his/her own baby blanket,
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| Here Alice is modeling. |
The Pattern is from Natural Knits for Babies and Moms: Beautiful Designs Using Organic Yarns by Louisa Harding. A wonderfully adorable book if you are interested. Every project in there is so cute, a rarity in a knitting book. Next I am going to make the hat that is with this pattern and attach it to the blanket for a stylish hoodie-wrap. Pictures to come.
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