the blue blog archives: birthday booty

The boys had a great birthday, complete with balloons and a fire engine cake! I hate to say it, but the fire dogs were the yummiest part.

No new knitty gifts for the boys this birthday, but they did wear their lederhosen that I knit for them last year. And the mailman brought the yarn I need to make their pipsqueak sweaters. Yay!

posted by alison at 8:07 am | in pipsqueaks , sew blue sundays , sew miscellany

Comments

Such a fantastic cake!! Lucky boys!!
Vintage Knits is one of the books on my wish list as well. I should just go to Booksmiths and buy it while I am at knitsmiths, but I somehow forget to do that. Looking forward to seeing your sewing progress as well.

Posted by: may at July 15, 2003 7:40 AM

Great Birthday! Great Booty! Your new fabric reminds me of the cuties I used to make for my little girl and boy (now 22 and 18)...sigh! Enjoy!!

Posted by: Marg at July 15, 2003 8:06 AM

Awesome cake! Although, I may have found eating the adorable puppies slightly traumatic. I'm sure I could have overcome it though. ;)

Posted by: michelle at July 15, 2003 8:24 AM

Mmmmm...love the Vintage Knits :) Great book, though I do have a bone to pick with their very small sizing. I'm a large in it, and usually a small medium elsewhere, not that I mind being called a large, I just know many women who would love these designs and have to do massive calculations just to get things rolling due to the sizing.

Posted by: Amber at July 15, 2003 8:33 AM

Happy Birthday to the boys & you & their dad! Wonderful cake! Did you make it or get it from a bakery?

I also have Vintage Knits, I got I with the Crafters choice book club subscription...

Posted by: Jessica at July 15, 2003 10:13 AM

I love the Vintage knits too, but agree with Amber about the small sizing. I'm currently knitting the cardigan jacket (with pockets, but I'm not doing pockets)in a size large. I've been a small all my life but I'm on the busty side for being small boned. The book is so fun to look through!

Posted by: Marcia at July 15, 2003 10:27 AM

Oh, those boys are so cute!
I keep going back to the bookstore to buy Vintage Knits, but I keep coming out without it! What do you think you'll try first? :)

Posted by: Anna at July 15, 2003 7:37 PM

That is one CUTE cake. I bet they loved it!

Posted by: Kerstin at July 15, 2003 8:14 PM

I've wanted the Vintage Knits book for a long time. There are like five or six patterns I'd love to make from it. But I'm all about using stash up at the moment. And since I do have some linen drape in the stash basket, that makes this lace top a real possibility!

Posted by: alison at July 16, 2003 6:59 AM

Oh and thanks for the warning about the sizing!

Posted by: alison at July 16, 2003 8:26 AM