We are having some wonderful snow days .... starting on
Friday, the 5th, we are now on our 5th day of lots of snow on the ground. We were only off-power for about 24hours (when we high-tailed it to Raleigh to stay with dear, dear friends) ... so now all is good. The kids are building an igloo and a "luge" run in the back while dh shovels the latest snow-fall.
Me?
I'm doing what any self-respecting mom/wife would do -- baking bread, cookies and cakes; keeping the house cozy warm; and, of course ... knitting. Knitting up a storm, as it were!
Our
last snow-filled weekend, (January 30-31), I designed and knitted a few things for a niece's first baby.
Introducing, the "Eliza Collection" ...
A bevy of booties! These five pair of booties ... in graduated sizes ... are all knit in
Dale of Norway's Falk - a washable 100% wool that knits up beautifully and will hold up nicely to lots of washing.
Ruffles
Heart sox
Baby-tears
Lavender and Lace
Ballet Flats
But the piece de resistance ... the real glory of the "Eliza Collection" is
Miss Bellissima Bunny the Ballerina. Inspired by a design by Lucinda Guy in her book,
And So to Bed
, mine is knit all in one piece (except for the removable circle skirt).
Wearing a knitted-in pink leotard, Bellissima is 15-inches long. She is a very cuddly bunny with her stuffed belly and her flat appendages.
Her full-circle dancing skirt is fun to knit -- all garter, short-row shaping making the circle with eyelets for a drawstring waist.
A sweet face, embroidered before stuffing, completes are little ballerina. She is knit in a washable cotton-blend yarn and is made to withstand anything Miss Eliza does to her.
So what do you think of the "Eliza Collection"?
Happy knittin'
Mary C. Gildersleeve
