What a productive weekend!  I finished up a batch of slouchy hats and cozies for City Bird.  City Bird is this wonderful shop in Detroit that I would LOVE to visit some day.  It looks so lovely!

a lovely stack of lacy-knit slouchy hats

And I finished up a bunch of new photos of older cozies, like this one…

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Anabela wrote a lovely post about her adorable new mittens. They are darling!

the sweetest mittens (photo by fieldguided)

I’ve had a little idea floating around in my sketchbook forever about using a duet of yarns to play up the natural heart shape that the stockinette stitch makes.  I love seeing it in action!  Now to get a few minutes to try it out for myself!

I have a confession to make, I think about knitting all of the time. I guess it’s understandable, I mean I do knit…a lot. I even knit in my dreams, but that’s a story for another post. So here are some gorgeous knits that have been inspiring me:

knitting inspiration

(click the photo for links to these amazing knits)

I fell in love with this gorgeous pattern from Brooklyn Tweed last Fall and this weekend I finally got around to knitting it up.  This one is a birthday present for Joel’s sister, Grace.  I hope she likes it!

photos by Joel

This was my first time knitting a lace pattern and I was so surprised at how fun it is. I definitely need to do more of this kind of knitting in the future!  This is the perfect weekend project for knitters and you can find the pattern over here.

Here’s a peek at one of the fall/winter accessories coming to the shop in September:

Photo by Joel Goodman

These are gauntlet-style fingerless gloves and I call them Smittens, mostly because it’s a cute name.  They’re made from the most gorgeous peacock blue, cashmere yarn I’ve ever seen and have all kinds of pretty stitching details.  I just love the little silver buttons on the straps!   What do you think?

I got the idea for this cozy about a week or two ago and I finally got it knit, blocked, and put together today.  I’m so happy with how it turned out!  I got to use this gorgeous merino wool that Courtney sent me and I made my first knit bow, love!

Adorable Bow Coffee Cup Cozy

What do you think?

Photo by Brooklyntweed

So today I realized that I haven’t really posted anything new about my Etsy projects recently.  I promise it’s not because I’ve been lazy or anything.  It’s just that I’ve been spending lots of time dreaming up and making new, lovely (non-cozy) items for the shop.  I’m so happy with how they are shaping up and I can’t wait to show you!  My plan is to “launch” the new line of items on September 1st and as the date gets closer I’ll be posting sneak peeks.  Stay tuned!

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Watching… Pride and Prejudice (the good one!).

Reading… my newest Nylon and The Girl with No Shadow. 

Listening… to The Faces Down and Vampire Weekend (fab summer album and it certainly feels like summer here). 

Drinking… delicious coffee in the morning and, sometimes, tasty blood-orange Italian soda in the afternoons.

Wanting… a bit of time and energy to finish up projects around the house (we are so close to the end of the renovation stage and the beginning of the decoration phase!), a few more veggie plants for our garden, and time to sew.

Trying… to remember to do my yoga each morning…

I snagged the idea for this update from this post from my new favorite blog.  It is so gorgeous you should really to go visit right now!

Plum Bunny by Stitchface

The weather is so amazing today!  I got outside and spray painted our porch swing.  Now it’s a much more stylish black.  While I was doing that, Cors rolled around in the ever-growing grass and watched bumblebees. Must have been a workout because now he is napping in the sunshine.  Joel’s working on a website that he wants to have live tomorrow (it looks awesome!) and I’m working on some knitting.  I’m hoping to make a supply run later and maybe catch a movie.  It’s been a nice Saturday.  What have you been doing?

Tea Towel by MrPS

A week or so ago I got a request from a bride-to-be to make eight custom cozies for her bridal party.  She chose the colors, chocolate brown with lavender flowers, and I just love how they look together.  I am so pleased with how these turned out!

Wedding Cozies

Special thanks to Reallybadkitty for supplying the felt flowers and for being a wonderful Etsy friend!