The race

Thinking back to when I was pregnant....this is how it felt going up the slightest incline!

Summer to Autumn

Here's a couple of pics. 

Top: "What I wore today" on an autumn day's walk in the park with my little boy. I know it looks similar to my last one, but I'm just warming up, exercising my cutting and pasting skills after a loooong break, looking after baby. 

Bottom: My two favourite boys on a summer's day outing :)

Oki has started nursery now, which means I get a little slice of my old life back, making pictures again HOORAY! I'm a little overwhelmed by my 2 free (well, not free exactly) days a week, after having no time at all for myself since he was born. There's so much I want to do, I don't know where to begin! So many ideas swimming around in my head...
My little boy is a constant source of inspiration now. Amazing how such a little one can teach me so much :)

GRRRR! Dinosaur jumper

I've completed Oki's second jumper, hooray! This time it's a dinosaur - a fire breathing one who lost an arm in battle! Oki growls when we put it on :D

The lovely buttons are from the fantastic sewing shop Ray Stitch in Islington.

Oki's rainy day jumper is already looking a little short for him. He's grown over 3 inches in the last 3 months so it's no wonder.

In return for his knitted jumpers, Oki gives me these beautiful things.

         

Baby Kanato :)

     

I made these pictures for my friends Rie and Kenji, whose baby boy was born in September. Welcome baby Kanato!

rainy day jumper

HOORAY! I finally managed to finish my Rainy Day Jumper for my little boy :D

I don't know how many attempts it took - he kept on growing and growing, and I kept on making mistakes, so I had to start over.  I loosely followed a jumper pattern and made up my own rainy day pattern. Lots of mistakes but lots and lots of fun, and I'm so happy to finally see him wearing it, even though it will probably only be for one season.

I'm already thinking of his next jumper pattern :)

What I wore today

It's been so long since I've done one of these...almost a year in fact! You can see my last wiwt picture here. 
He was teeny tiny back then. Now my boy is walking, albeit in the style of an orangutan! Today he gifted me with a mammoth 3 hour snooze, so I got busy and made this picture, which made me very happy :)

In my shop...

These little creatures are now in my Etsy shop!