Who's that teddybear?

Yet another baby found it's way to this world. Last Saturday one of my closest friends gave birth to a boy, and naturally I thought that boy should have a small welcoming gift.

Pattern: my own
Yarn: Novita 7 Veljestä
Needles: 3 mm

This was a really quick knit. Took me only 2,5 hours. I guess an upcoming deadline really makes you faster. I practically finished these 15 min before I had to rush out of the door and hand over them to the new owners. Talk about making use of every single minute...

(By the way, the other teddybear just happens to look really sad in this picture, didn't look that sad for real!)

Already earlier this spring I also made this little baby coverlet out of leftover fabric for the same little boy. 

Last autumn I had to sew a bedcover corner during a course in interior textiles and just happened to stumble over this cute wadded fabric. The leftovers has ever since been lying around, waiting for someone who might need it.

 And yes, this is the kind of stuff we do at the university. We practise a lot of small details of things :) I guess it's important to learn stuff like this, but when the course if finished these small exercises become really useless. I mean, what do you do with just a corner?

Little Miss Ladybug

Well, my knittings aren't really progressing at the moment. There's just way too much work to do at the university. I'm there during the day, and when I come home I either continue with some homework or then I'm just too tired to even think about starting a project that's not compulsory. But only 2 months left and then I'm freeeee. Yay! :)

But, now I may say: Hurray for babies! They're just so small and knitting for them is just so fast and nice. Like knitting this little dress:

Pattern: Super Simple Baby Tunic
Yarn: Rico Design: Cotton Soft
Needles: 2 mm

This dress turned out wonderful and it's just so cute, isn't it?! And it fits the little babygirl perfectly (thank you so much for the cute picture!).

The dress itself is knitted in the round. I casted on for the bigger size, but since I wanted to use rather small needles, the finished size is actually quite perfect for a newborn baby. I didn't, however, find any nice pattern for a crochet ladybug, so I kind of had to come up with it myself. Never thought I'd manage that, since I'm so NOT a crocheter. But surprise, surprise! I'm actually very pleased with the result!

My parents also brought me a bunch of some wonderful buttons when they were in Paris last summer and now some of the buttons found their match in heaven.

Pretty good stuff!