waldorf mama

weekend knitting...

weekend knitting - yes, i do believe this just might become my regular monday post. somehow it seems that only one knitting post a week (wip wednesday) is just not enough for this knitting waldorf mama. and so today i bring you one of my latest completed projects - a hat for me! i've never been much of a hat wearer myself, but i truly believe in keeping hats on children to ensure their warmth, especially in the cooler months...and so to be a good example to my girl, i knew i needed to find a hat that i liked and that would work for me. and i have definitely found the hat for me in my new medici beret...

designed by woolly wormhead, this beautiful crown-like beret was just the look i was going for - slightly slouchy in style, but not too much. the pattern was easy to follow, yet the design elements kept it interesting. i used the same yarn combination that welsey picked out for his slouchy hat (malabrigo and madelinetosh merino) because i found them so lovely together - now we have matching hats! i know i'm going to enjoy this hat for a long, long time. (note to self: i really need to figure out how to use my camera remote so i can take shots other than just close-ups of myself - even though i do love having maya as a model for most everything!)...

i also finished two more gnome hats for some more of our waldorf school friends...

let's hear it for hats!

this moment...

a single photo capturing a moment from the week. a simple, special, extraordinary moment. inspired by soulemama. if you're inspired to do the same, share a link to your moment in the comments...

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this week, i am grateful for...

:: the way she enjoys playing on the school playground.

:: handknits that keep her warm.

:: the sweet little knitting project she finished this week.

in gratitude,

shelley

her second school knitting project...

this week, maya completed her second first-grade knitting project at school...a baby bunting!

she has been working diligently on this sweet little project in her handwork class each week...ever since she finished her first little chick, less than a month ago. how proud she was to be able to bring home this beautiful little handknitted baby (and what a proud mama i am, too)! next, she begins the work of knitting her lion. :-)

wip wednesday :: a dream in color tunic

i knit a very special rainbow blanket for maya a little over a year ago using one of my very favorite dream in color yarns (classy) in a rainbow of their veil-dyed colorways, and ever since then...i've been looking for another project to use this gorgeous yarn on again. and the time has come. i decided to make another one (yes another one!) of my georgie hallam bloom/rainbow dress hybrid tunics (maya literally wears one of these every single day) - but my plan this time is to knit the bottom part of the tunic in garter stitch. i know that means knitting one row and then purling the next since it is knit in the round (crazy, huh?)...but i'm just so terribly enamoured with the way this yarn knits up in garter stitch that i'm going to give it a try anyway. wish me luck!

(ravelry link and specific yarn colorways listed here)

and, of course (as you may have guessed), i've started another scrappy gnome hat. this one in another combination of pinks and purples for a little girl in the kindergarten at our waldorf school...

also here are the latest two gnome hats that i've completed for another waldorf mama friend...

as for my yarn update today, i bring you some rainbow yarn from crystal palace (yarn that maya picked out):

chunky mochi, in rainbow...

what's 'in progress' in your basket this week?

corners of home...

cabinets that are opposite this wall...

organized yarn...

our winter ostheimer nature table...

my knitting spot...

watercolor lanterns and postcard art prints...

ostheimer barn and animals...

buntspechte family and heartwood arts castle (both can be found at thepuppenstube.com, one of my current sponsors)...

dream in color yarn needing to be wound for a new project...

guardian angels (buntspechte on left, ostheimer on right)...

i'd love to see some of the corners of your home!

weekend gnome hats...

as evidenced by many of my posts recently, during these few cold months we have here in texas...most of my daily knitting time is (and will continue to be through late february) spent making my favorite gnome hats - in what is now my signature scrappy style. and i must say, i dearly love it! these gnome hats make me smile. and knitting them for maya's friends and classmates, as well as a few other children in our waldorf community, makes me happy. very happy! and so today, here are a few more gnome hats that i finished over the weekend. these first two hats were made for two sisters (one of maya's classmates and her little sister) - both in various shades of pinks and purples...

and here is another hat i completed some time ago - also for one of maya's classmates (pastel colors were requested with malabrigo's pollen being the main color), but i am just now getting a photo of it on maya (while we were on the school playground together)...

i'm off now to knit a few more!

this moment...

a single photo capturing a moment from the week. a simple, special, extraordinary moment. inspired by soulemama. if you're inspired to do the same, share a link to your moment in the comments...

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this week, i am grateful for...

:: maya coming through a challenging illness, and being all the stronger for it.

:: some cozy, restful, recuperating home time.

:: the joy of knitting gnome hats for maya's friends and classmates.

in gratitude,

shelley