Flying Sontag

Just kidding. Here's the sontag laid flat for blocking by my mom. It's similar to the Mason-Dixon Knitters' Baby Kimono but no seaming at all.



What if all knitted-gift receivers had to block their own gifts?

Mom's Sontag Fin

Unexpectedly, I finished mom's sontag before her big historical event this weekend, which was down near Columbia, Tennessee. I wrote out directions for her to block it since she has much more floor space than me.




I think she needs to tug it down around her shoulders more and some in the back.



Oops, looking kind of short in the back there! She added a historically correct button for the closure in the back.



Very warm in April in wool. Mom said the I-cord was "so professional looking!" Heehee.

Happy Easter

From Kitty, Bunny, Bear pattern by wee wonderfuls.

Good Friday

There have been tornado sirens off and on all day, disturbing Dodger. I'm on holiday from work and indulging my desire to sew, sew, sew!

First, I finished a couple of WIP Wees.




Then I did bunnies for the three babies I know, Clara, Ellen, and Jackson.



Next, I made three tiny Easter lambs. The blue one has tiny lassoing cowboys!



I haven't done much batch sewing before--it really speeds things up! All these patterns are free and I had the materials already on hand. I only embroidered eyes and noses since the intended recipients are way under three years old. Fun!

Sontags everywhere

Remember that sontag I'm knitting my mom? There is a whole article in the newest Piecework magazine about sontags, complete with photos of women my mom knows.

Commend Me to a Knitting Wife: Knitting during
the American Civil War and A Civil War–Era Sontag to Knit by Colleen Formby

"The author’s research will enlighten anyone interested in re-creating period knitted goods. The sontag was an article of women’s clothing worn for warmth in mid-nineteenth-century America."

El Dodgerino, if you're not into the whole brevity thing

I just realized I haven't put a picture of Dodger up on this blog in forever!

New Year

Dear blog readers,

I just turned thirty and I got engaged!

For my thirtieth birthday, I bought myself this cool table top swift and a ball winder. Swift made by Oregon Woodworker and bought online--check them out, they are amazing. The whole thing comes apart, and I store it behind my bed.

Here's his-and-hers scarves by me. I knit the hat too. This was taken on our after Christmas trip to Gatlinburg, where Paul proposed.