It's a GIRL - and a BOY!

Introducing Miss Chloe Freeman. This photo was taken on her birth day, July 7, 2006. She weighed in at 5 pounds 12 ounces - just a tiny little dolly. AND, she's wearing the little toque her mom made for her! THIS is why we love knitting - it just doesn't get any cuter that this. Congratulations Guy and Nicki!



This is what I made for Chloe. The sweater is a Debbie Bliss pattern that I LOVE to knit and it's made with Paton's Decor. Nicki placed her order for this one and I was happy to oblige. The hooded blanket is made with "a pound of love" by Lion Brand.




And now please meet Master Jacob Morris posing with me and his mom, Adrianne. This picture was also taken on Jacob's birthday - July 7, 2006! He weighed in at 6 pounds 10 ounces. How cool is THAT! Congratulations Steve and Adrianne!








This was my gift to baby Jake. Both made from "a pound of love" by Lion Brand. Soooo much fun to make. The buttons are little baseball gloves complete with a tiny baseball in each one - sigh . . .

Our Amazing Knitting Group

Here we are in February. Some of us took a day trip to Listowel, Ontario for the yarn sale. Of course this is cheese country so we stopped to buy some great cheese. My daughter, Irene, joined us as she lives only an hour away.













This other group picture is of our last meeting on June 20,2006. We'll start up again in the fall and hopefully have another Listowel adventure in August. We've had some fun times together as we struggled through some tough patterns - mostly through Gloria's patterns! It's been great. In the fall we'll show off our summer completed projects.







And here is Nicki showing off her very first projects - booties and a little (very little) toque for baby number three who is due in just under three weeks. Way to go, Nicki!

2006 Knitting

OK - here are some of my 2006 completed projects. I can't have them all posted now because I'm waiting for some babies to be born so I can give them as gifts!

The sweater my son is wearing was the made in January with Country Wool. The pattern was on the wrapper. This amazing wool blend has been discontinued and that's such a pity. It knits up quickly and feels so nice - not at all scratchy. I'm glad I have lots in my stash as I'm sure it's a warm sweater. The zipper took some time but it was worth it.

Some favorites . . .

These were made a few years ago for my niece. They were fun to make knowing how cute she'd look in them. If I know what the kids like I can make a sweater they'll enjoy wearing. Sunflowers, however, are my signature as they are my FAVORITE flower!

2005 - a good year for knitting!

2005 was a good knitting year. To view some of my completed projects please click here.

Welcome to my knitting blog!

This is so exciting to me because I LOVE to knit! I will be adding pictures of my 2006 completed projects soon . . .