because that’s how long these pictures have been on my computer, and that’s when I MEANT to post, although obviously that didn’t happen because I’ve been horribly neglectful of my poor little blog.
Oh well, here goes…

I finally took my turn and made a pair of Saartje’s Bootees (Linked to Ravelry, sorry if you can’t access it).

These were for Bethany’s baby, but for some reason I mistook the location of the baby shower and missed the opportunity to get them to her before she went back to Utah, so Bethany, if you’re reading this, please tell me how I can give them to you before the baby gets too big to wear them! I made the newborn size, and they’re so tiny and cute and soft. I used remnants of The Knittery Cashmere Merino with more of the little pearly buttons.

I also made some adult-sized footwear:

Fuzzy Feet in Cascade 220 (left over from my Dahlia prototype) with little bits of Rowan Felted Tweed and Malabrigo Worsted for the embroidery, and they were for Liv’s birthday, which was all the way back on the 19th. The only modification that I did was making the cuffs about an inch longer than suggested, so that they could be folded over more easily.
Making those made me really want to make another pair of socks, just because the shaping of them is so fun and intriguing.

Not knitting, but still cute and Project Spectrum-y, the very last thing I made in sewing class:

Yes, those are elephants. And look! The stripy lining!

It’s just a basic little clutch put together from some awesome fabric I found in one of the bursting scrap boxes, sewn on one of my last days in CPF class. Oh, how I miss it! I’ll have to take it again sometime in the future.

I’ve also been working on and off on an Anemoi Mitten.

This was taken right after I put aside the thumb gore stitches, but I’m actually about an inch further than that now. It’s too bad it’ll be too warm to wear them by the time these are finished, but at least I’ll have a pair of mittens ready when next winter comes.

In other news, spring is here in the beautiful Northwest!

Aujourd’hui, il fait tres beau.
The roses in our backyard are SO close to budding.

It’s still a little chilly, but I’m so glad the weather’s been so pretty. The daffodils and crocuses are already starting to poke their heads out of the ground, and the little tiny daisies are already showing themselves in crowds down in the grass (they’re one of the first signs of spring to me, and now when I take my dog Emma for a walk to the park I always pick one and put it in my hair. I have many elementary school memories of sitting in a field during recess making daisy crowns.)