Photos for Mary's Cardigan

This morning I rushed and rushed to complete Mary's Cardi for the photoshoot with Cheryl at 10:00. Cheryl was amazing and saved the day. I'm leaving on Tuesday for TNNA and I haven't finished writing up the pattern. The up side is that now I will have photos that I can use to make a flyer to intice customers with my newest pattern (Mary's Cardi) at the Done Roving booth. Here are a few of the photos that Cheryl shot today.

Mary looked so cute today! She was checking out her bunnies in their hutch.

I also made a sample of Mary's Cardi using Diamond Luxury Collection Foot Loose in color #25 Lollipop to try out my pattern.

BIG thanks to Cheryl for being super amazing and to Mary for being the sweetest little girl and looking so adorable!

Fishies in the Sea!

I'm trying to finish up all of the customer projects before I leave for TNNA in Columbus - a little over a week away! Just finished sewing up another sweater for one of our customers. She does the cutest baby sweaters and then brings them in to have me finishing them for her. I love sewing up her sweaters, as she always does a great job of the knitting making them an easier sew.

A Side Adventure

Today is my day off! I originally was going to spend the day knitting on a design that I am working on but then Diana mentioned yesterday about Jelly - Modern Doughnuts. It's the first gourmet doughtnut place in Calgary. So I had to put the knitting down for a minute and run out just long enough to find this new pâtisserie. Not only are they creating amazing treats, their doughnuts are made with organic and locally sourced ingredients. They also use environmentally friendly packaging.      

I bought clockwise from the top left: Marshmallow, B-52,

Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla, Coconut, and their most amazing (and top seller!) Maple Bacon.  The Maple Bacon doughnut was amazing! When you first hear about the Maple Bacon, instantly not pleasant things pop up in your mind. But then you hear that the maple icing is more like a glaze and that the bacon is locally sourced (Vablella Meats). Still, the sound of those two flavours together, when they seem so completely opposite, is a bit strange! I only bought one, but I should have bought two - turns out that they are really yummy! Now that I have amazing snacks to devour, I can concentrate on designing my baby sweater!

New Baby Sweater

Currently I am designing a wee baby sweater out of the lovely Frolicking Feet from Done Roving. The yarn is just a delight to knit with. It's super soft and has wonderful body. The sweater I'm designing is a cardigan with a wee picot edge. I wanted to knit a raglan styled sweater with just one button. Here's a quick preview!

New Yarns, New Inspiration!

Yesterday I received the notice from Canada Post that I had a parcel waiting! I just love getting new yarns - they are so filled with hope to become something amazing.

What awaited me, was a beautiful box of yummy new yarns from Done Roving Yarns !

This gorgous yarn is called Frolicking Feet  in color Manderin Lime! So bright and cheerful :) There's 480 yards per ball.

This is Done Roving Yarn's new yarn called Silky Criations in Sunglow.

It's delightfully soft and in a dk weight. There's 250 yards per ball! I love the drape this yarn will provide. Now I just have to start knitting. I have two new patterns to design out of this yarn and not a huge deadline.

Baby Headband Pattern is Now Available

I have just uploaded my latest pattern "Flowered Baby Headbands" on Ravelry and updated my patterns page. (The pattern is available for purchase here).I am so excited about this pattern!

Originally it was for a class that I was teaching and now I'm quite taken with knitting these little flowers! They are so quick and easy to knit. I can make a leaf in a few minutes. These are going to be with every baby present from now on - either as a decoration on the present with a bar pin on the back or as part of a baby outfit (I normally give everyone a sweater). Big shout out to Cheryl again for her amazing photography :)

Another Baby Dress

One of our customers has been on a tear knitting up baby dresses. She has a few granddaughters now and loves to knit this pattern for each one.  Everytime she finishes one, she brings it in to be sewn and to have the trim added around the neck.

Another one finished and added to her collection.