26 February 2016

sweater love








My flax sweater for the little guy is done and I loved knitting every minute of it. I soaked it in some cold water with lavender scented soap yesterday afternoon and then blocked it. This morning is was waiting for me on the bed up stairs. The light was perfect so I started to snap some photos.

Then I remembered all of the other sweaters I've knit so far for baby. There are a lot of them and I'm sure the pile will continue to grow :) :)

Hope the little guy likes wool.

One of the things that I love about this post today is that all of these sweaters are made from fiber from my parents' sheep. The fiber has been processed in different ways to get different results. The top three sweaters in the final picture of this post feature our mill-spun yarn in two different weights - fingering and worsted that we hand painted. The green/yellow sweater at the bottom is handspun from our combed top and triple plied in worsted weight yarn. The bottom sweater is our undyed wool that I hand spun and double plied in chunky weight yarn.

A lot of loving work and countless relaxing hours creating something for my baby to wear that comes from my parents' farm.

And the quilt in the background comes from the creative mind of my sister - some of the pieces of fabric come from pieces of clothing we wore and shared (haha! fought over) in our early twenties. Lots of memories!

Sending warm woolly baby hugs your way!

xo Jill

P.S. Joining Amanda Jean for Finish it up Friday!

13 comments:

  1. I remember knitting sweaters for my boys and loving every minute. To use such special wool is wonderful. Love your sister's quilt too!

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  2. Your knitting is beautiful! And how special that is from your family's farm. I'm sure your little guy will enjoy those !Thank you for stopping by my blog today!

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  3. Those jumpers are just gorgeous ... and as for the quilt they are styled on - wonderful!

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  4. He will be warm and cosy in those jumpers. Love the quilt and the story behind it too.

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  5. He will be warm and cosy in those jumpers. Love the quilt and the story behind it too.

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    1. Thank you, Julie! She didn't tell me that she put the fabric from our old skirts in it, I had to look at it and puzzle it out. It was very neat and surprising.

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  6. Oh, what a gorgeous pile of handknits! And how special it is to knit with wool from the "family" sheep! Flax is adorable, I made the adult version for my hubby and he doesn't take it off!

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    1. I would love to knit something that my husband would actually wear, maybe I will take a closer look at the adult version of this sweater.

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  7. Beautiful post. Makes me feel guilty that I have not gotten further knitting on those socks you started for me. Have a great weekend!

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  8. you have beautiful sweaters and how neat they are originally from sheep you know. I love the quilt that your sister made, my sister quilts too and I am amazed at her skills!

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  9. Those wee sweaters! And you have them stacked and photographed so adorably.

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    1. It was so much fun to snap photos of them - I'd forgotten how many I had knit.

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  10. I love the tiny sweaters! Also, I am in love with that quilt! That is so cool that it's made out of clothing you used to wear! So your sister made it?

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