Pink bird rattle

A few weeks ago when I made this monster set, my pal Zoe was there to test out the rattle. She wanted one of her own, and so I whipped this up for her.

It's a fat, pink birdie with a little rattle inside. I like how it turned out, and just learned that Zoe gave it to one of her stuffed bears to enjoy. What a cutie! I hope to make up a pattern for this - it's really fun and easy to make.

Sunny Sub

Last week I got my afternoon coffee at the new SUB at UBC - the Nest.

Ok so I got a cookie too. And sat out in the winter sunshine.

See that seagull? He wanted a taste of my cookie.

See him getting closer and closer?

Get your own cookie, seagull!!

Winsome Baby Set

I can finally post this! I started writing this in April, when Leora was expecting. Now they have a baby boy, Avery, and he's 7 months old. It's taken me that long to get my present to him. But now they have it, and I can hit publish on this:

Our friends Scott and Leora are expecting! We went to their wedding last year, and now they have a baby on the way!

I made a mobile and blanket set for them.

Look at that fat birdie!

In a nice green/yellow/cream gender-neural palette.

So exciting for them!

Blanket and Birdie

I have been making baby blankets lately. They're great for me - they're finished before I get bored with it - the perfect size. I found this pin from Daisy Cottage Designs and just loved the colours. I made my own version, with taupe yarn instead of grey.

I made a few more rounds so that the blanket was bigger.

And I made a matching mobile.

It's a little birdie and heart, that you can hang off the doorknob or from the ceiling.

I love the colours, I think they look great together.

Here is the set, all done. I think I will re-open my etsy store and list this as an item! Well, I've been talking about re-opening my etsy store but maybe I will actually DO it!

Freebie Friday!

Hello world! It's Friday, and I wrote up a pattern, and I'm putting it up here for free, FREE I say! Here's a quick pattern for the birdies that I talked about here. Maybe you'd like to make yourself a little birdie? Click here to download the entire pattern, or read on...

 This is the first real pattern I've ever written up so please let me know if you find any mistakes. Thanks!