The Rosie Doll

I knit this Arne & Carlos doll as a baby gift for my friend's little girl. I was so delighted when she said she would call her Rosie as that was the name I gave every one of my dolls when I was little.

The pink for the tights and the ribbing around the collar is Debbie Bliss Rialto Aran 100% Merino wool in the colour 21227. The gray t-shirt is left over wool from my older son's narwhal. Her skin is knit from Cascade Yarns Elysian 60% superwash Merino wool/40% Acrylic in the colour white (01). All of the yarn was purchased at Mouliné in Montreal. Her hair came in a bag of remnants called "Yarn Bites" that my mom bought me at Ply while on vacation in Texas.

Her dress is knit from the left over wool from this baby surprise jacket project.

I hope you and Rosie have lots of good times together Andie!

A pod of Narwhals

My youngest asked me if I could knit him a narwhal and after a brief internet search I found this great Narwhal pattern. For his narwhal I used a blue wool blend that was a Value Village find and, as he requested, a bright red tusk with yarn from my acrylic collection. It turned out so well that my oldest asked if he could have a narwhal too. We headed over to Mouliné where he chose a grey merino wool, an Extra by Filati Yarns, and the tusk is knit from some Vintage by Berroco I had left over from the kilt hose I'd made.

I became narwhal inspired and bought this beautiful ball of multicoloured Azteca by Katia.

As an experiment, for my first narwhal from the ball, I modified the pattern to be half size. This little narwhal has now travelled to Australia to be with my wee friend Jasper.

I decided these would make great Christmas presents for my god daughter and her sisters, so with lots of yarn left in the ball, I modified the pattern to a three quarters size and knit three completely distinctive narwhals with the remainder of the yarn.

This pattern is easy and works up fast so I would recommend knitting narwhals for all the little whale lovers in your life!

Last Minute Christmas Stockings

Christmas stockings were one of many things I didn't remember to pack for our year away. Left over yarn from my seasonal yarn bomb was used to do a green, red and white striped stocking for one of my sons, but I bought some aptly titled "Christmas Red" 100% Peruvian Highland Wool by Cascade from Espace Tricot to complete the other stocking.

For the striped stocking, I tried the Magic Loop technique for the first time. To make it a time of multiple firsts, I also did an afterthought heel. Both were interesting to experiment with, but for my second stocking I went back to my tried and true four double point needles and traditional heel!