Soft yarn for soft skin...

It will not be long before our niece Agnes turns 1 year old. 

I can't believe that she's that big already, but it probably seems harder to understand when she lives in Copenhagen, and we don't get to see her that often. It would much likely have been different if we saw her frequently. Then we could see for ourselves that she grows and grows.

Nevertheless a cardigan is being made for the little lady - hopefully I will be done by her birthday. If not, then I will use it for Christmas. I'm making a size 18 months just to prevent it from becoming too small while I'm knitting it (a thing which has happened to me far too many times in the past...)

The pattern is from Sandnes and so is the yarn. What a soft yarn. Perfect for delicate baby skin.

If you want to have a closer look at the details, you can find them here.

A scarf + a beard

The o o o scarf is now complety done. I'm not fast at all but I'm done and that's a huge joy for me.

On the photo you can see that I still needed to crochet about 45 centimetres of the edge this afternoon, but that's taken care of by now.

I also have a new model on my hands - I persuaded my husband to wear the scarf while I took the photos. He only agreed to participate if I didn't tell that it was him, who wore it. But how could I not tell you. You might think that I had grown a beard, when you saw the photo!!

Tomorrow I will wash and block the lot, and then put it on the shelf in our little hall, until the really cold and windy weather begins.

Birthday apples

This Saturday our niece Sarah will celebrate her birthday.

She's very fond of paiting in colouring books, so we got her a Mandala book. (If you would like to try out some Mandala colouring for your kids or yourself, you can find a lot for free right here. I love paiting Mandala patterns when I relax or speak on the phone).

We thought that Sarah should have a fun story as well - one she could have her mom read for her. So we bought Per og bette Mads, a wonderful happy story written by the late Danish author Ole Lund Kirkegaard.

I couldn't miss the chance to sew some children's clothes either, so an apple dress is on it's way to Copenhagen too. Sarah can also use it as a tunic if she likes to.

In the front of the dress, I put 2 embroidered buttons. And if you have a closer look at the photo, you can see that the embroideries are 2 tiny apple trees - at least that's what I like to think.