CHRISTEPHI

Precocious little Miss M has been growing like a weed!  Several pairs of pants she could wear at the beginning of fall are now quite short on her.  You know what that means, right?  Time to sew! I already had the Superstretch jeggings (Ottobre 4/2011 #3) in size 116 traced and some denim knit material on hand, so I whipped up a pair (over the course of two days) of new jeggings for her.  She's not quite ready for a size 116, but since she just keeps on growing, I'm not concerned. I also made her a pair of legwarmers from some fun sport weight yarn my mom gave me.  I used an easy pattern from Tangled Happy .  Since the pattern was written to fit size 7/8, I sized down a little by making my initial chain 37 and continuing for a total of 35 rounds.  I also swapped out the pink satin ribbons shown here for some yellow grosgrain ribbon because it stays tied better. Miss M loves them!  And they make a wonderful addition to her w...

When we first moved to Missouri from Southern California, we didn't have much in the way of winter wear.  Miss M was only two when winter arrived and hadn't quite mastered the skill of napping without assistance, by which I mean she needed to be cuddled to sleep.  I spent a lot of time sitting with her asleep on my lap.  I kept my hands busy by knitting or crocheting warm things for us to wear.  One pattern I made was Suzetta's Fingerless Mitts . I made some for each of us! It's been four years since then and one of Miss M's mitts was lost, and she has taken to wearing the pair I made for myself.  Little Guy wanted a pair to wear too!  So I promised to make him a pair.  I chose a nice soft 100% wool yarn by Brown Sheep and whipped up a pair of fingerless mitts in one sitting. Wool is fantastic for keeping little boys warm, because little boys like to be independent and do things like wash their hands and clean up spills all by themsel...