to pretty cool temperatures so it seemed like the perfect time for Carl's inaugural wearing of a darling blue sweater Gerda knit for the baby shower. That's Carl sporting the sweater while exploring the cardboard playhouse my parents helped me make while they were here for a short visit. As of late last night, it is a white house with a blue door, blue shutters, and a black roof, thanks to some posterboard and several rolls of colored duct tape. Of course, I must add that the door handle is a loop of chunky i-cord, courtesy of my mom's knitting. Anyway, Carl seems to love the house and the sweater. What you can't see in the photo is that the front of the sweater has a stockinette diamond for the child's first initial done in duplicate stitch or embroidery. Since we were keeping the name a secret, Gerda gave a little bit of a contrasting light blue yarn with the sweater so I could apply the initial later. Carl has been so named nearly 17 months now, and there's still no C on the sweater. It fits just perfectly, so I better get that baby on. The little felted boots are a model for a class I'll be teaching in October (Lace 'Em Up Felted Boot
Slippers, October 17). The pattern is Fiber Trends CH-7 (Children's Felt Boot Slippers), and there's also an adult version. I knit these ones out of Cascade 220, and I have to say I just had a blast knitting them. I'm going to have to knit a pair for Carl...and myself...and who knows who else. When my parents were here on their visit, I saw that Mom was nearly finished with the back of a seed stitch jacket out of Rowan Big Wool. Love it. The pattern is from Mac & Me, and at market the designer said it was just one of those things that you love to wear and end up knitting several times in different colors. I can see why. 
Time to go. Later I'll have to post about this Mia sweater I'm working on that I'm totally crazy about. Crazy, I tell you. 
