knitting projects update

i'm in the midst of a new knitting project that shall remain secret until it is delivered to its new owner, but i realized while thinking about it than i haven't updated my blog with all my knitting projects recently!  often i get all excited when i finish a project, but can't blog about it immediately because it will spoil the surprise for the recipient…and then i lose the momentum to post.  so here you go: some knitting projects from 2014!

whale:

elephant for ryan's first birthday:

bunny for emma's first birthday:

fox for mikey's birth:

three friends, all together.  the elephant and the bunny get cold, so they have to wear sweaters.  the bunny had yarn eyes, which was a nice change from the tiny black buttons i normally use.  the fox i'm particularly proud of - his snout required a new technique that i think turned out great.  i'm kind of obsessed with how cute these guys are!  they are from this book, which has been a huge inspiration to my knitting this year.

ready to be shipped off to their new friends!

mikey and fox on mikey's 4 month birthday (p.s. if you send me a picture with your child and the thing i have knit him, i will die of happiness):

nico's mama is using his blanket - hooray!  (this is an update from a project in an earlier post.)

baby hat made from gorgeous color changing yarn (i finally checked out the knitting store in my neighborhood instead of going to the chain craft store in town - the yarn there is awesome!):

that's it for now - more to come in 2015!