waldorf mama

wip wednesday :: finishing up

after catching up on so many promised gnome hats and with all of the rest/down time around here because of illness, i'm determined to finish up as many wip's in my knitting basket as i can! first up is this sweet little pair of owl mittens that i'm knitting with malabrigo worsted (which i started back in january). i'm following the adult-sized give a hoot mitten pattern (by jocelyn tunney) but using smaller needles to size down for a child (along with a few other mods; see my ravelry notes for specifics). and just like the owl milo i made back in september, i'm using duplicate contrast stitching for the eyes and nose. one down, one to go!

i hope to finish up more wip's over the weekend and next week. :) as for my yarn update this week, i have eight lovely skeins of madelinetosh merino, in the colorful mansfield garden party colorway:

what are you working on this week? do share!

all fever and chills...

well, despite taking the anti-viral, tamiflu, once maya tested positive for the seasonal flu...it's my turn. what i thought was just a mild case, now has me all fever and chills. time for the hot water bottle and some warm, soothing tea! (and hopefully a little bit of knitting, too.)

hoping to be back in this space tomorrow...

weekend knitting...

i finished two more gnome hats this weekend, despite having a slight case of the flu. honestly, when it comes to knitting...not much can stop me. (but oh my goodness, i hope you're not tiring of all of these gnomey hats?) first up is the gnome hat i finished for my blogiversary giveaway winner, rebecca - a scrappy rainbow hat for her little one (she requested that i surprise her with the colorway). i decided to make this rainbow hat in true scrappy style (a bit differently than my previous rainbow incarnations), by just using bits of rainbow colors in various and sundry solid and variegated yarns. i quite like the way it turned out (and, as you may have guessed, maya is requesting one of her own)...

i also completed another scrappy gnome hat for one of maya's classmates. light and dark blues were requested for this one...

wishing you a lovely and happy valentine's day from here in gnomeland!

this moment...

a single photo capturing a simple, special moment from the week. inspired by soulemama. share a link to your moment in the comments!

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this week, i am grateful for...

:: pink and orange yarn!

:: maya's first day back at school after having the flu for 10 days.

:: our prescriptions for tamiflu (both wesley and i began to develop symptoms)!

in gratitude,

shelley

wip wednesday :: blanket square 2

my work-in-progress project this week is a continuation of the 30 years blanket i showed you last week. i've completed my first square (color 258 in garter stitch, below) and am now working on square number two (color 84 in seed stitch)...

i also completed the final hat in my trio of gnome hats for three sisters. this last one is done in a variation of cool colors...

for my yarn update this week, i've got a couple of more skeins of three irish girls galenas merino in variegated colorways:

in florry...

and in rory...

what are you working on this week?

flu season...

we're in the throes of the flu here. half of her first grade class has been out, as well. 9 days of fever, coughing and congestion. she's quite the trooper, this girl!

which has translated into a lot of knitting time for this mama. looking toward good health again soon!

weekend knitting...

oh yes, because knitting truly is my passion (waldorf mama that i am)...my new habit of making a weekend knitting post on mondays is just the thing i've been looking for to get my week off to a great start. and so, in my continuing effort to fill our waldorf school's playgrounds with as many gnome-hatted heads as possible - i bring you not 1, not 2, not 3...but 4 completed scrappy gnome hats today! the first two below are the boy/girl twin hats i've been working on...

these next two are the first two hats i've completed in a set of three gnome hats for three sisters that i'm making for a waldorf family at our school. each of the sisters chose similar versions to hats i've made previously - one rainbow, one like grace's (both shown below) and one in cool colors (still on the needles)...

yours from gnomeland!

p.s. please note the new link to the pattern for this hat in my sidebar - my favorite gnome hat pattern!