Yarn Along: gifts!

I have so much to show you!  Let's start with the knitting.  I have been working on Sebastian's stocking, which is nearly finished.  I'm on the toe.  Thank goodness we're on the old calendar and celebrate Christmas on January 7th, amiright?

I also whipped up matching headbands for Lucy and my niece.  They were so much fun to make! 

I used some languishing hand-dyed handspun and some crazy chain-plied handspun, plus some fun matryoshka fleece to line them.  Be careful with this pattern--it is addictive.  The sage green handspun is almost gone and I am inexplicably still trying to eek out another headband.  I know in my heart there isn't enough, but can't seem to stop myself...

I also have been sewing up a storm.  It all started with some adorable polka-dotted flannel pajamas I saw on a tv show.  I found similar ones for nearly a hundred dollars, but couldn't seem to pull the trigger.  Nothing is ever long enough for me off the rack, and I'm tired of spending money on things that aren't quite right.  A quick trip to Joann's, where fabric was 60% off, and a $2 pattern later, I am the proud owner of four pairs of pajama pants--covered with bikes, scissors, polka dots, and matryoshka dolls, respectively.

I made Juliana and Alex a changing pad and matching pouch for their baby shower.  We get so much use out of the ones I made before Lucy was born.  The pattern is from Simple Sewing for Baby.

Speaking of which, poor Sebastian is in dire need of more bibs, so I made three different styles out of cute flannel I found at a local quilt shop.  Now that I know which pattern fits him best, I intend to bang out zillions of them. 

I also made these cute pacifier clips yesterday.  They'll go in Sebastian's stocking as soon as I finish it...