Do-Over

After much consideration, Dash is not getting the penguin. I repeat, I am not giving the penguin to Dash.

I am however, giving him this instead:

I think he'll forgive me.

Lion Brand Amigurumi Holiday Penguin.

Penguin!

My favourite kid has a thing for penguins. There's Mama Penguin, and Traveling Penguin, and Penguino... I've been meaning to make him a penguin for a long time now but finally got around to it on Sunday night.

Only problem is, I kind of want to keep him! I definitely have enough yarn for another one or two (wouldn't he be great hung from a Christmas tree?).

Maybe the penguin will be this year's gnome.

Pattern: Amigurumi Penguin from Lion Brand (Rav)
Yarn & Hook: Cascade 220 white, Jojoland Worsted black, scraps of orange cotton fleece. All on 3.5mm hook because that's what I could find.

A couple of wee quilts

The Rhinebeck weekend was a very productive one for the labs on my floor. Not one, but two babies made their entrance into the world while I was petting wool and meeting knitters. So as soon as I got back I set to work making a couple of tiny little blankies for the new tots.

First up was this little quilt for Ryotaro, who arrived two months earlier than anticipated.

Made from leftover Lizzy House Red Letter day prints and neutral sashing from Dash's Mod Sampler Quilt, plus a little bit of new kona cotton for the binding.

I added a wee name tag because, um, I botched attaching the binding in this spot but I liked how it turned out anyway. The back was also pleasingly simple.

Next up was a quilt for Diego (born on time and twice the size of Ryotaro!), the son of a post doc in the adjoining lab to ours. This quilt was made with blue and green charm squares from a pack I bought on Ebay eons ago.

It's not my normal aesthetic, in fact I find it to be a little bit psychotic what with the Ducks! and Planets! and Maps! and Watermelons! and Coffee! and Flowers! but I figure that just makes it more visually interesting for a baby. Or something. The back is a little bit more sedate and oh! ... there's that Lizzy House again.

I had thought I would use this little patch on the back of the first quilt but I didn't have room so I appliqued it onto the back of this one just to add a bit of visual interest.

So there you have it, two little quilts for two little people. I am working feverishly on one larger quilt for two larger people but shhh, that's a secret.

May the Force (and very large underwear) be with you

If you've been around these parts for long enough, although lord knows why you would be considering my dearth of blogging in the past, oh years... you'd know that I like Halloween.

I like Halloween mostly because I get to make my costume. And this year was no exception (last year was, but we don't talk about last year around these parts.) A couple of nights with a white sheet, magical sewing skills I never knew I had, some polyfil, duct tape and a glue gun and voila!

Can you guess who I was?