Grace's Party!

We had a little family party for Grace today. Well, little turns big when you have lots of family! Grace wasn't too overwhelmed by all the people and enjoyed her balloons and white cake.

Grace wore the dress I knit her. The colour matches her eyes beautifully! Too bad it is already small on her. I guess I'm learning my lesson - that it takes a long time to finish a knitting project when you have 3 kids so always make things a size bigger! I started this in August...

Grace is not quite walking yet. She is standing alone for about 10 seconds or so but those feet are glued to the floor. She happily walks if you hold her hand but not quite ready for going solo.

New sweater

I just finished knitting Grace another sweater. However, I should have made it in the next size up as it barely fits...I got some felt flowers from the craft store so the sweater can match what she is wearing.
Picking up stitches around the neckline was a challenging new technique and finishing the seams was just as frustrating as last time. I am now taking a break from all items with seams! I am making an afghan based on the book "The Friday Night Knitting Club" that I recently read. Then I am planning to make Grace an indigo blue ribboned dress for the fall.

Cute Hats and Dresses

Grace got this dress from a lovely family whose son was in my Grade 2 class this year. The family has 2 older boys and a sweet girl in JK. Their mom had saved this Ralph Lauren dress (complete with a ruffled diaper cover) from when her daughter was a baby and decided that was Grace was cute enough to inherit it! Grace, you are even adorable in blue! Thank you Sheryl and family!

They also gave Grace this adorable hat for the fall. There is a picture of Grace wearing the pink version in an earlier post. The lady who knits these lives in our area so you see lots of Earl Beatty girls sporting these flowered hats and hairclips. Her website is www.auntiegin.com. The hats are so beautiful - I think I may put one on my Christmas list.

New Sweater!

I just finished knitting Grace her first sweater. Phew! The seams and hood were the hardest parts and you can definitely tell I was learning the different techniques as I went along. I was surprised when I put it on Grace as it looks much better on her compared to when when I hold it up (maybe it's her cute face?). I thought it may not even be wearable with all the bumps and lumps...I now really appreciate all those sweaters and mittens my Grandmothers made me when I was a child.