Ewan

Yesterday launched my newest pattern Ewan in the Fall 2010 issue of Petite Purls. Petite Purls is an online magazine that is all about knitting for babies and kids. I am always excited when their magazine comes out because I love knitting for kids. They have had some really great designers work for them (like Stefanie Japel's Tree Hugger Tutu and Kate Oates' Boys Can Wear Pink) too!

I am quite excited about this design! It's knit sideways which is by far my favorite way to knitting a sweater - why make lots of pieces when you can make just two?? Lana Hames (The owner of Hemp for Knitting)is the designer & friend that introduced me to sideways knitting, and to her I am quite thankful. She has the neatest designs and I learn a lot when I knit her patterns. You can check out her blog here.

I'm going to add a tutorial in the "Tutorials and How-To" page on my blog that will help for when you are knitting along and get to the gusset & the sleeve division for the front & back. It's a really simple step but can sometimes need more clarification to ease the process.

I owe a huge THANKS to Cheryl for all of her help. Cheryl, Ewan's mom, was great in letting me 'borrow' Ewan to take some photos. She also is responsible to taking all these adorable photos - (she's a great photographer!) She has a daughter as well that I would love to knit for . . .

Here are some of the photos from the photo shoot that Cheryl and I did. He is such a cutie!