Spring has sprung!

ladybug baby sweater

After what was probably the snowiest winter in a century, it's finally spring, and about time. As you can see, the little irises are blooming -- hooray! And the bunnies don't seem to be interested in them. Unfortunately the same cannot be said of our poor crocuses, which have been laid waste by the little buggers. *Sigh* Posed among the purple beauties (gifted to me by blu roux last year) is the little baby sweater I just finished last night... I was so excited to sew on the absolutely cutest buttons I think I've ever seen. I found them at Fresh Baked Goods on a recent trip to Toronto. I haven't decided which of my three pregnant friends this purposely unisex cardi will be a gift for yet. (The spacing between the buttons only looks uneven due to a trick of perspective.) The pattern is Diane Soucy's Easy Baby Cardigan from Knitting Pure & Simple, size 18 months, and the yarn is Debbie Bliss Cotton Denim Aran, knit on 4.5 mm Addis.

In other knitting news, I've been on a dishcloth kick lately -- you can see some of them on Linz's blog!

I'm percolating with lots of knitting plans; I recently bought a whole whack of yarn at Cloth & Clay's [sniff!] 50% off, going-out-of-business sale, and queued a bunch of patterns in my head (now I just need to add them to Ravelry). I think I'm going to try having at least one active WIP on the needles for myself from now on... much as I love knitting gifts, I want some pretties for me now!!