I made these for my mom for Christmas:

and these as a baby/Christmas gift

The sweater and hat yarn is my handspun. The sweater is calculated from my top-down raglan calculator worksheet that I use when I give workshops. The hat can be seen better here and the pattern is here (for those of you who don't know). I actually had a ton of yarn left though I had made the sweater smaller than I wanted in fear of running out. I could have even made socks but I stopped myself. The gift was late as it was. The color is truer in the next photo. The bunny was whipped out in just an hour. I had forgotten how quick it was. The yarn is Phildar Neige and the pattern is here (although I suppose most of you know that).

And here is the lovely little recipient who is a girl so I should have just knitted the darned sweater instead of stopping regularly to fret over the color and wearability in case of it being a boy.

Poor little lady. I promise I'll make your hat long enough to cover your ears next time. I should have remembered that you half of you comes from a family of melon-heads.

Beautiful mits.

Sorry to drag this into 2008, but how/where can I find those amazing stitch markers you were talking about? I'm so fed up with the ones I have been usng I could just spit. Many thanks.

Happy New Year, happy knitspirations!

Am I still allowed to say Happy New Year? I will anyway. I'm loving those mittens. And your handspun is gorgeous. I'm happily awed.

Happy belated New Year!

I just came home from a trip to Spain where I for the first time had the guts to have my knitting in my hand luggage (your beautiful Birds in Hand). I knitted away on the plane and was so excited to get the mittens ready. However a few hours after landing, my whole bag was stolen, with knitting and everything... I won't mind starting the knitting all over again, the pattern is wonderful, but I'm never taking my knitting on a plane again!

I just came home from a trip to Spain where I for the first time had the guts to have my knitting in my hand luggage (your beautiful Birds in Hand). I knitted away on the plane and was so excited to get the mittens ready. However a few hours after landing, my whole bag was stolen, with knitting and everything... I won't mind starting the knitting all over again, the pattern is wonderful, but I'm never taking my knitting on a plane again!

Happy New Year Kate
Love your Mums mittens

Happy New Year, Kate! And ditto on spending more time together this year. When? I have no idea, but we will do it, damn it.

Loved Emma's outfit.

Happy New year, Kate! I can't wait to see what you'll come up with this year (no pressure). I don't know about you, but I have a good feeling about this year! Nevermind that I say that every year... ;)

Loved reading about Emma's gift - thank you so much for making it!! She loves wearing it....Speak soon

The sweater, hat and its recipient are all quite adorable! Your yarn is lovely - the colorway is wonderful!

The mittens are very pretty also - nice blend of colors.

Happy New Year!

Wow. Love both the mittens and the baby outfit. They are beautiful!

What a cute baby (and sweater and hat)!

Happy New Year to you, too!

Kate the color is just right for her complexion and the sweater couldn't have fit more perfectly! It's so hard to judge how long to make a hat - nice to see that you're as normal as the rest of us when it comes to things like that. :)

Any chance I could pick your brain about the top-down worksheet? I'm wanting to teach a class like this but have been trying to decide how to come up with something like this that would work for anyone/any size/any gauge, blah blah blah.

Have a Happy Wonderful Healthy New Year - Love the Christmas pictures of Tadpole! XOXOX

What beautiful handspun! It's a lovely unisex color.

Really gorgeous use of the handspun. Your generosity with the stuff continues to humble me.

I love the mittens you made for your mother. The colors and the edging are beautiful!!

Happy New Yeat to you too! I hope your year is filled with faboo yarny and fibery things!

What a gorgeous baby! And a gorgeous cardigan and hat to go with it. The colours in that handspun are lovely.

Handspun is so great for baby things. That sweater is too cute. Happy 2008! I'm not even going to bother looking back over 2007 and taking stock. i think it would just depress me.

Happy new year, dear Kate! What beautiful garments, and what lucky recipients! I hope you all had a great holiday. xoxo

Happy New Year Kate! I'm loving the Bird in Hand Mitts. I can't wait to see what you come up with in '08!

Happy belated New Year Kate! The hat and sweater look adorable on the wee Hedgehog!

Gorgeous sweater and mittens! Happy New Year!

Kate, that is stunning handspun! (Inspires me to knit with my own..)

What sweet baby things. I'm sure she loves them, despite the tears in the photo! Happy 2008 to you and yours.