New Knits

After a slew of sweaters, I recently finished knitting a few blankets.  I'm keeping one for myself, but the purple one is heading to Willow.  It was supposed to be her newborn blanket, but in true Sarah fashion, I finished it in time for her first birthday. Oops!




If you have ravelry, the yellow blanket is the Hourglass Throw and the purple one is the Leafy Baby Blanket.

Last of Winter Part I

From the looks of this weekend and the forecast, winter has finally left us here in Nebraska.  But not before I could drag Adam outside for one more cold, cold photo shoot.  Even with a thick sweater and leggings, it was too cold to stay out for more than five minutes!  I'm so over the cold!

I made this sweater last year, and I just think it's so adorable!  (I think I have a thing for owls...)

Sweater: Handmade (Ravelry pattern) / Skirt: Modcloth / Leggings: Kohls / Boots: Vintage

If you can't tell in the last photo, I am trying not to shake from cold!  Warmer outfits coming soon :)

Rainy Day Outfit

Do you ever have those projects that you are so close to being done with, but then you put it on the shelf for months?  Like, a good book or a sewing project?  Well, this sweater is mine.  I am (usually) an avid knitter, and I love to make sweaters.  I made this particular sweater a few years ago, but I made it a size too small, and never wore it.  

Last summer I decided to tear it apart and remake it in the right size.  This was the first big thing I tore apart, and that in and of itself was a very time-consuming task.  For lack of a better word, it sucked.  But I loved tbe yarn, which had been discontinued, so I was bound and determined to redo it.  Then, after I had finished it and sewn in what I thought were all the ends, I put it on to wear to school and discovered two un-threaded strands.  So I put it on the shelf to finish when I had time, and there it sat...for six months.  So sad!

Now that the weather is getting nicer, and this sweater will be unwearable for six more months, I decided to take it down and finish it.  Guess how long it took me?  Three minutes.  Five, if you count finding my tapering needle and bringing it downstairs.  Adam just laughed at me.  Then I made him take my picture!

 

 

 

Hope you guys had a wonderful weekend!