Joining a Congo!

I am joining a congo! It is a new one that will have its Grand Opening on January 1, 2009!

Naturally Charmed will have a selection of family friendly items stocking the 1st of each month. Right now we have Annette from Woolcreations, Michi from diggin' crochet and Clarissa from Peanut Butter Monkey! We will hopefully be adding new members at the beginning of next year. Please come check it out!

In other news.... Do you want to see what a 2 pairs of size 4 Toddler knitted pants look like?

Yup that is a 17" inseams on these bad boys! Made for a friends twin girls for Christmas.

Yarn is Western Sky Knits - Choco Rainbow custom with a dark pink instead of red.

I used the basic Belladonna longie pattern but did a variation for the cuff at the bottom.

They seemed to take forever even using magic loop to do both legs at the same time. I did the cuffs separately though. The magic loop is great for making sure that the legs are the same length....but I got a little tired of pulling the cord through all the time. I love how the yarn knit up and the pattern it made. I really like that even though there are the same number of stitches and the same sized needles used both pairs knit up with slight variation in the yarn pattern.

So I shot these off to Canada a couple

weeks before Christmas. Ended up

sending them Global Express to make sure they got there....they did!!!

Here is a photo my friend sent me of the girls wearing the pants!! They are gorgeous!! The pants also!

HATS!!

I knit these 3 Hudson Hats for a friends 3 little girls. I used various scaps of hand-dyed yarn. All wool yarns of various weights. The pattern is from Ky Baby Knits. I have a lifetime liscense to sell hats from this pattern.

The hats seemed to come in 3's! I then made three hats for a shower gift. One for the new baby, one for her older sister and one for her sister's doll. This pattern is from Leigh Spencer called "Sprout".

Halloween 2008

Happy Halloween

2008

The kids had a great time - Molly as a pink fairy (no other color would do) and Josh as a lion. He wore his skeleton sweats for most of the day though.

Josh is 2!

My little boy turned 2!

It is hard to realize that he is already 2 years old!

Customs!

I am getting through some of my custom orders! I still have many to do and start on - but the list is getting shorter! Mom is coming this week and it is my son's birthday so I really want to take next weekend off of sewing - but I also need to make some headway on a few more of these custom orders.





The knitting needle roll for Nicole! I LOVE how this one turned out! I can't say how much the colors just strike me - so pretty and bold.

I also finished a Reversible Flap Messenger Bag for Kendel. Came out truly lovely. She did a great job picking the fabric combinations.



The "Fiesta" from Robert Kaufman and then a green celtic fabric for the second side.

Busy!

OH my this has been a busy month!! And it is not over yet! Not only is my son's 2nd Birthday coming up at the end of the month....but I have a full line of custom orders to complete. Everything from messenger bags to knitting needle rolls to diaper bags have to be made!! Everyone is picking such diverse fabrics that it is just fun to sew everything up and see how it turns out!!

I listed my first stocking with the Chaco Reversable Flap Messenger Bags in August. I had 3 listed and 2 of them have sold! I'm hoping for some good feedback on them. I really like the one I made for myself....but I think I'm bias!

The Mermaid fabric is from the new line of fabric from Heather Ross. One side is the mermaids on aqua and the other side is a combination of the swimmig fish and the seahorse fabrics. The bag itself is brown. I really like this one and am glad it is going to someone to use and enjoy!

I have also decided to be an office licensee for Hudson Hats^tm from Ky Baby Knits. These are beautiful fun hats for kids and adults. They can be made "scrappy" from a bunch of different yarns or they can be made from a single skein.

I finished this one on our vacation to Glacier National Park. It is made from wonderfully soft Noro Silver Thaw.

My new favorites

I made this custom Chaco knitting bag and needle roll and it turned out so well it is my new favorite! I just loved how the color combinations came together.

I also totally made up the pattern for the needle roll as I went along (shhh - don't tell anyone...) . It took a little bit of trial and error but I finally got it to where I really like it and I didn't waist too much fabric! I've just always wanted something with a pocket or some way to lock some of the smaller needles in the roll without them sliding up to the top all of the time.

I've made a few more and I think they also have turned out really very nicely.

This Chaco knitting bag and zip pouch was also a custom order. I am not much of a pink person - but I really really like how this turned out. Something about the chocolate brown and pink look very nice together.