I'm reading Children of the North Lights with the kids. The story, about the Sami people reminded me of something that I read when I was first pregnant with my son, almost five years ago: Vendela Vida's Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name. There is nothing profound about the writing but I finished it in a couple of nights and enjoyed the escape to Northern Europe. It's even colder there than it is here (minus 11 right now). Primarily, it's a coming of age story about a woman and her mother but it's woven together a bit mysteriously - keeping it interesting. I would recommend it as a quick holiday escape novel.
On to the Child Placket Sweater. My son wanted a dance coverup like his sister's.
The good news is that I found some black, sparkly tights in response to his request for flashier duds. And I produced this sweater.The bad news is that I could only find one of his ballet shoes. Does anyone else feel like they spend fifty percent of their lives tidying up and the other half searching for lost items?
This pattern is an old one that I've made before and I knew that it'd be a good one for knitting on while I was working with the kids because there's lots of stockinette.
Here we are - he's in the sweater here although you can't really see it. We were in Montana at a wedding. He was just over a year old and I was about six months pregnant with his sister. That trip was rough. I remember somehow scraping his little head with my boot buckle on the plane ride home while I was trying to nurse his little fussy self, getting into an argument with my husband, then the flight attendant, who didn't want me to rock him in the aisle - finally realizing that all the while we'd been sitting next to a member from a band that we loved. It was humbling:)
My favorite part was the buttons. They are blue stones - beads that I got from another life and I love how they bring out the little blue flecks in the yarn and in the little guys eyes. The sweater was a bit tough to photograph but you get the gist. The hat he's wearing can be found here.
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