In His Steps

I made a hat! With baby Alistair in the family, I felt he needed some winter gear and knit him a hat! I think the Gnome Knot hat is just so cute and I hope it's big enough to fit him for some time!

Some friends of ours are visiting, so we decided to have a fun D&D session with them! Douglas was awesome and DMed for us. I couldn't resist taking pictures of everyone while we had fun and got wrapped up in the story.

One of our nieces got married this past weekend and we were really pleased to be able to see her happy with her new husband! I didn't get many photos, but the cake cutting was definitely a time I could get the bride and groom standing mostly still. Naturally, they got it all over each other, lol!

Yesterday, Camilla and Parry got married and I am so very very happy for them! I can't gush enough for them, so enjoy the pictures of their special day.

Spousal Unit and I had to make a difficult decision recently. When we first bought our home, we knew the doors were very poor: rotting wood, seals that were falling off and worn out, and the fixtures on them were just terrible and falling out as well. We couldn't get the heat or cool air to stay inside the house and pests (spiders!) were getting in through the huge cracks around the door. So we decided to invest in the house some more and replace the front and back doors before winter comes and the pests decide to hide inside our house when it gets cold. I don't want to take pictures until we paint them, but the contractor came today and tore out the old doors and jambs to replace it all. Our house is of course a special snowflake house, so there was some lead paint in the front, the doors weren't standard size, and neither were any of the jambs, so we ordered these well over a month ago but there was extra cost and time needed to cut everything to the right specificat...

I started this pair of socks back in January and I have finally finished them! These are my Dragon Socks . I decided to have some fun with colorwork, so I grabbed some Noro and some purple yarn and set to it! Top of the sock, working toe up. Bottom of the sock! This is the first sock completed and probably my best picture set to show off the color and contrast. It took me months to finish these due to the colorwork and I switched each sock which yarn was the base and which was the contrast. I really like how warm they are--perfect for winter and showing off!

I got contacted by one of my sisters-in-law about her son's Halloween costume. He really wants to be Newt Scamander for Halloween and she decided to commission me to knit him the Hufflepuff scarf Newt wears in the movies. I, of course, accepted the commission and got knitting! I just finished it, so I can't wait to get it to them when they are in town soon! I'm just happy I finished in time for the holiday as well as a visit so it won't be late! Here's the Ravelry link! Edit: I got pictures of the whole costume and my nephew Daniel looks so very good in it! This last one is my favorite!