Posted in Knitting, Mamas Who Inspire, Moderation and Economy, Uncategorized on Aug 15th, 2009
Yesterday’s thrifting yielded these three child-sized wooden dishes (Other finds – two prairie bonnets for the girls for 75 cents each, and an April Cornell baby dress for a friend’s little girl for $1.50! I also picked up a like-new Maya Wrap for $2, but it’s a size M and a bit short for my [...]
Posted in Crafting, Knitting, Moderation and Economy, Spinning on Aug 13th, 2009
I have always wanted to dye my own roving (mostly because of the Twisted Sisters Sock Book!!), but wanted it to be something the children and I could do together – something safe, easy, and non-toxic. So, when I was pregnant with my son, the girls and I dyed 2 lbs of white Brown Sheep [...]
Posted in Crafting, Giveaways, Knitting, Moderation and Economy, Sewing on Aug 7th, 2009
Welcome to the first giveaway at An Exaltation of Larks!
The girls and I are giving away a handmade scrap doll quilt,
some soft, dove-gray Rowan-spun 4-ply 100% new wool yarn (enough to make two pixie hats),
some vintage linen napkins, and assorted other goodies, yet to be revealed!
This is a comment giveaway – please leave a comment [...]
Posted in Knitting on Jul 31st, 2009
Another pixie hat off the needles. This pattern is so simple and looks pretty adorable, so it’s become one of my favorites to knit for baby gifts. Knit on size 3’s with a wool/silk hand-dyed fingering-weight yarn. (One skein looks like it might be just enough for two hats!)
This one is going out in the [...]
This yarn is frustrating me to no end! I have started and frogged 4 different projects with it so far. It’s hand-dyed 100% cotton fingering weight. The colors are beautiful, the yarn finicky. So, I’m going back to an old standby and hoping 5th time’s a charm.
Updates soon. Things have been so incredibly busy the [...]
Posted in Giving, Knitting, Locally grown on Jun 5th, 2009
My brother and his wife are getting ready to welcome their second child in the next few weeks, so of course, that meant another opportunity to knit some booties. The pattern is one I have used many many times – Ruth’s Perfect, in Cascade 220.
To go along with the booties, a locally made walnut rattle [...]
Posted in Giving, Knitting, Locally grown, Spinning on May 22nd, 2009
A lovely family from our church welcomed their second child, so the children and I took them dinner yesterday evening (well, afternoon, really…) Thought we’d include a little something for Baby Nicolas. How about ribbon-tie baby shoes? (Yes, I realize that’s a thumb in the bottom of the picture. Please just ignore it. I wasn’t [...]
Posted in Knitting on May 17th, 2009
After a busy morning volunteering in the nursery at church, then a trip across town to a babyshower, the late afternoon was spent sitting in the sunshine. Little Hen doodled fairies and spidewebs in her notebook, Firecracker thumbed through library books, and the baby napped next to me on the sofa. I was doing some [...]
Posted in Knitting on May 2nd, 2009
My big boy in his finished soaker. I really like the results – the soaker stays very dry on the outside. I was a bit skeptical that it would stay up very well on a crawling/cruising baby when it has no elastic, only an I-cord drawstring, but it really does! Next time, though, I’ll make [...]
Posted in Knitting on Apr 18th, 2009
Just a quick, easy soaker for Tum Tum. Despite knitting it to gauge, it somehow came out much larger than I had imagined – it was originally intended as a baby shower gift, but would be much too large, so I ended up knitting another style (pictures soon) for the gift, and will keep this [...]