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By Betty, November 28, 2009 5:05 pm

Nap time

I wonder how long she will be this interested in her little brother. For now, she’s infatuated.

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By Betty, October 30, 2009 1:46 pm

You got a preview of the Halloween costume, here. I was able to finish every before the baby was born (except for the coordinating candy bag – I’ll make that tonight).

I’ve made her costume every year except the first one. That year, she was about 7 months old and dressed as an octopus. Since then, she has been: a lamb, a princess, a butterfly, a pirate, and this year she is Batgirl. She asked for a store-bought costume for next year. What a stinker.

We looked around for lots of Batgirl pictures before designing the costume. I must say that there are a lot that aren’t appropriate are a 5 year old. Eventually, we picked an inspiration photo and got working.

The Inspiration

Little Batgirl

I hit the fabric store with a vague idea of what I wanted. I found the shiny, stretchy purple fabric right away and knew it was perfect. From there, I just added a bunch of accents. I used one of her summer dresses as a template then made 2 layers – the shiny purple (a bit see through and not very warm) and a black jersey lining. The cape was a bit of a disaster – I’m not going to talk about it

She asked for a knitted hat. I found a great pattern to go with the costume the whipped up some matching fingerless mitts to tie it all together. I really like the idea of knitting costume components – she is sure to be warm!

I can’t wait to hear what she wants to be next year!

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By Betty, October 28, 2009 3:07 pm

Well, that wasn’t very nice of me to set up a new blog then go silent for a month, was it. Fortunately, I have a good excuse. On September 28, my son was born: Colin Jeremy. Since then, I’ve been pretty occupied with my motherly duties (and some knitting here and there!).

Here are a couple pictures of him modeling his knitwear:

1 day old, wearing his knit hat. Perfect fit!

Toasty warm in his tweedy wool and alpaca blankie.

He has to grow into the rest of the things I knit for him as I made them on the larger size. I do need to make him a new hat now – that little blue one is already a bit small.