Kenzie Collection

My best friend just had new baby girl, Kenzie.  Before she was born I made her a tiny little headband and hat. Each with a pretty little flower. The idea stayed with me and soon I found myself knitting it again in a super soft dk weight yarn and making the little flowers out of bits of favorite sock yarn.

The Kenzie Collection includes a stretchy headband, a stocking hat that's just a bit slouchy with a choice of ribbed or rolled brim, a knitted flower, and a crocheted flower.  I knit the hat and headband out of Cascade Yarns Cash Vero DK and the flowers out of Miss Babs Yummy.  The whole she-bang is available for $4.

Peek-a-boo!

Coming soon!

Green Smoothie

Today I tried my first green smoothie.  I've been sort of morbidly fascinated with them for a while.  But I'm really trying to take better care of myself and the first step for me was to eat more fruits and veggies and drink more water.


Thanks to Pinterest, I've recently discovered the Brown Eyed Baker.  Yum!  Everything I've tried from her site is amazing.  So when I saw her green smoothie, I decided to give it a try.  I mean it's got 5 servings of fruit and vegetables in 1 shot if you drink the whole thing.  And it's only about 250 calories for a HUGE smoothie. 

In the end, I liked it.  There was no spinach taste at all.  Just a citrus-banana flavor.  And it was very filling.  I drank the whole thing, but I might go ahead and make it smaller next time. I can see adding this to my morning routine. 

As for knitting content?  I'm working on a cute little baby hat and headband combo that I hope will be available next week.  I just need to schedule the photo shoot with my sweet little model. 

Heh.

Source: cafepress.com via Suzan on Pinterest

Zoe Blanket

Hey all!  I've been a very busy girl lately.  But that means I have brand new pattern to show you today.  I'm proud to present the Zoe Blanket, published by the Sanguine Gryphon.

It's knit from 3 skeins (1350 yds) of Skinny Bugga! on US size 2.5 (3mm) needles.  It's knit from the center out with a knit-on edging and just a teeny-tiny little seam to sew at the end.  The majority of the blanket is soothing stockinette stitch, with a bit of textured stitches every so often to keep it interesting.

The design is named for Kris and Pamela's (of the Sanguine Gryphon) new baby girl, Zoe.  Congratulations to the new parents, and I hope Zoe is enjoying her blanket.

Serendipity for Knit PIcks IDP

I recently re-worked the Serendipity Earband for Knit Picks IDP.  I knit it in Seraphim and Blackerry Cadena, which is a bulky wool/alpaca blend.  For under $12 you can make 2 ear bands with the colors reversed. If it had been available at the time, I would have been tempted to try their new bulky, Biggo. But if you look at the pattern's Ravelry project pages, it looks fabulous in all kinds of colors!  Go nuts!

We had a bunch of fun shooting the photos for it too.  Doesn't my friend look adorable?  I wish I had hair like that!!

Knitcircus Gift 2011

I am so proud to be included again this year in the Knitcircus Gifts Issue.  It has 13 patterns, a couple recipes (one is mine!), and a terrific article on knitting with beads by Laura Nelkin.



My pattern is called Winter Tide.  It comes in 2 versions.  A cowl and an infinity scarf.  It features reversible cables and is knitted in the round.  It's simple enough to make for great tv or travel knitting.  I know the samples went everywhere with me. 

The long version came be worn as a long loop or doubled up as shown.  It uses 1 skein of Miss Babs Yowza - Whatta Skein.  I used Light Turquoise.



The cowl is closer fitting but not tight.  It uses half a skein (or about 280 yds).  1 Yowza will get you 2 cowls and head start on your holiday knitting!