Accepting Orders!

Posted on July 23, 2013 by Ali

I’m happy to announce that I am open for custom knitting orders again! Feel free to peruse the Products and Prices page and let me know (you can email me at lexikaye@gmail.com or comment here) if you are interested in anything you see. Remember, colors and everything are completely able to be customized! If you want something, but don’t see what you want, please let me know. I’m always up for knitting up new things!

Also- if you’re interested in a sock monkey costume please let me know ASAP, they take a while to make and last Halloween I had a bit of a waiting list and ended up not being able to make as many as were requested!

For Isaac.

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Ali

My bestie Autumn had a totally cute baby boy. His name is Isaac and these are a few things I made for him.

Stripes and Bows

Posted on April 20, 2013 by Ali

There has been a big group of tiny little girls born in our church recently- and there’s nothing more satisfying and quick to knit than little girl hats. I adore making little girl hats.

I really like making bows, too. I think they make it a bit more feminine- and I also like making girl hats out of non-traditional girl type colors. Not everything they own has to be pink!

Pictures to come soon of Erika, Ezra, Josetta and my mom’s trip over this weekend- we had a blast!

The Wave

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Ali

I tried out a few different versions of this wave before I really figured it out, but I think I’ve got it down now.

It’s for a cute little lady who was just born (Welcome, Eleanor!) and is getting showered with gifts this week.

Writing up the pattern for “the wave” is on my to-do list (10 miles long…) and I actually have 2 more hats, a blanket AND a sweater to show you all, just need to sit down and take pictures of them first. But most exciting is that Erika, my mom, Josie and Ezra are coming to visit this weekend and I couldn’t be more excited to see them! Christmas was a long time ago and I feel like Sam has changed so much in the last few months and just exploded with new words and phrases (He counts to 3 now, and says “Love you!” Which sounds more like ‘Yuv yooo’, but it’s still the greatest thing I’ve ever heard before.) Four more days! Four more days!!!

Fox Hat, Take 2

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Ali

So I thought I had a better idea for a fox hat, but I’m not liking this one as much as I thought I would.

I think the eyes need to be lower. It does look a bit better on a head, but I made it too small for Sam- rookie mistake. I’ll try for round three and see what happens.

Also, I dyed my hair platinum. It was time for a change, and while I liked the red, it was time to go blonde again!

That was about 30 takes of trying to get a good St. Patrick’s Day Picture. That was the best shot. Oh well. We are happy . And Sam is enthralled with blonde hair.

Also, it’s spring and currently snowing. Awesome.

Hugh’s Soft and Fluffy Blanket.

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Ali

I made an ultra plush blanket for sweet baby Hugh Dowers.

My model was quite unwilling to help me show this off, but he did let me borrow his Rody Horse. So, there’s that.

It was a hard color to capture on camera, but I think the last picture is the most true to color. Apple green with a crisp white stripes. This thing is seriously soooo squishy and soft. I am in love with this yarn!

Hugh also received a little stripey beanie, although Im not sure how much use they’ll get out of it in the spring in California!

And also a HUGH congratulations to my bestie Autumn who gave birth to baby Isaac James on Tuesday, March 12th. He is BEAUTIFUL and I can’t wait to meet him!

Preemie Bow Beanie

Posted on March 2, 2013 by Ali

I made a wool preemie size bow beanie for little Alice Schoolland. I hadnt made a bow before so that was kind of fun!

And some pictures of Sam and I, just for fun.

Fox Hat

Posted on February 23, 2013 by Ali

I had an idea on Wednesday for a hat… I wasn’t entirely sure how it was going to work out, but I had a very specific idea in my head about what I wanted.

Apparently foxes need to wear hats as well!

I think it needs a bit of work. Mainly, it needs to be a bit longer, and I think the yarn I used would be a better fit with a smaller needle size (I did this on size 10’s), I think a size 7 might be a bit better. And also some matching buttons might have improved the look of the eyes. They were similar but not exactly the same size. But hopefully I’ll make another prototype and have a free pattern for you guys in the near future! I’m very excited about it!

Pixie Hats

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Ali

I did a trade with a local photographer (Gina Jo Photography) for some newborn pixie hats and she did a photo shoot with Sam! We had a blast and I am supposed to pick up the photos tomorrow. There are some sneak-peeks on her Facebook page (linked above) of the photo shoot- I can’t wait to see the rest of them!

Thank you for all of your kind words and encouragement on my last post. I must say, the response has been somewhat overwhelming, so thank you all so much. I realize it’s a bit more personal than I normally get here on The Knittybutton, but it was something that’s been on my heart for a while and I finally got up the courage to post about it- I did feel a little nervous laying myself out there like that- but now Im definitely glad I did!