A Princess Birthday

It's a "GIVE-AWAY" . . . this is your chance to win a pair of hand-knit, felted slippers.  On March 31 a drawing of all "FOLLOWERS" will be held.  Two winners will each receive a pair of slippers, in either women's size L or child's size L.  They will both be two-tone, as pictured below.  Get signed up as a "follower" now, for a chance to win.

This past weekend, we celebrated the birthdays of 3 princesses in my life.  Three princess cakes were baked for the occassion.

The princess dressed as "Snow White", was lucky and was given tickets to the Disney Princess on Ice show in SLC.  Early on Saturday morning, she and her parents boarded TRAX (SLC mass transit train) and headed out to see the show.  She had a fabulous time watching the show and eating her $12 snow cone.  Because of this event, she received her birthday gift from me the night before . . .

. . . a suitcase filled with Disney Princess dresses.

"Belle" from Beauty and the Beast;

"Aurora" from Sleeping Beauty;

"Tiana" from The Princess and the Frog;

"Cinderella"; and

"Arielle" from The Little Mermaid.  She identified each immediately, and was so excited about them.  She had a really hard time deciding which to wear to the ice show.

Cinerella was her final choice.

Here she is in Cinderella's lego carriage.

Each dress was sewn flat, with shoulder straps and elastic added last, so they can be adjusted as she grows.  I wanted them to be flexible, so all her little friends, sister and cousins could wear them too.

The "Steve" sweater is finally finished.  He loves it, and just in time for warmer weather.   Oh well, you can't win them all. This one took me 8 weeks to design and knit.  A long time of looking and feeling the same yarn.  I've yet to write the pattern, as I'm still stumbling over how to explain the chain-like cables.

Knit on US 6 & 8 needles from Knitpicks - Andes del Campo in Mystery Heather (100% Highland Wool).  I'm really happy with the outcome, and I'm sure he'll be wearing it for years and years to come.  I'll probably end up hiding it, when it is old and tattered, and he just cannot bare to part with it.

I've started a new project from Melissa Leapman's "Knitting the Perfect Fit".  I've chosen:  http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/trompe-loeil.  This fitted sweater is all shaped with traveling ribbed stitches.  It is flattering to all body-types, and seems to camoflauge a lot of body flaws.  I'm looking forward to knitting someone else's design, and learning some techniques in the process.  I should have some pictures of the sweater in-process, for my next post.

I'll also be dragging some Scrumptious yarn along, on a much-needed vacation.  I look forward to a week of knitting and people-watching on the beach.  Happy knitting . . . . . .