Finally, finally, finally I acquired the right turtleneck and leggings so that Z could wear the Zebra Striper dress. Norwegian 24 month olds must be quite large, because it took her a while to grow into this dress.
A front, side and back shot to demonstrate how long and voluminous this dress is on Ms. Z - and she's tall for her age group.
She was a real sweetie about getting into the dress and wearing it all about. Lately she's been asking me to make her socks and to wear her hand knit sweaters and telling me that she wants to knit something. It's nice to be in that phase where Momma's hand knits are appreciated and desired. She was also quite careful with the dress. We went out to Sunday brunch in it and she didn't get an iota of jelly, butter or bacon on it.
What's nice about this garment, though, is that it's not the sort of garment that has to be treated like it's made out of glass. It went to the park after breakfast and performed admirably.
Need to stop and check out something close to the ground? No problem!
Want to take a trip down the slide? No problem!
John and I both figure that this dress is going to last her well past her third birthday, as a dress and then, probably, as a tunic. I love the color on her (yellow almost never looks good on me!) and love that it provides an extra layer of warmth without restricting her mobility.
And, apropos of nothing, I just have to tell you all how much I love her shoes. I almost wish See Kai Run made them in adult sizes.
She was a real sweetie about getting into the dress and wearing it all about. Lately she's been asking me to make her socks and to wear her hand knit sweaters and telling me that she wants to knit something. It's nice to be in that phase where Momma's hand knits are appreciated and desired. She was also quite careful with the dress. We went out to Sunday brunch in it and she didn't get an iota of jelly, butter or bacon on it.
What's nice about this garment, though, is that it's not the sort of garment that has to be treated like it's made out of glass. It went to the park after breakfast and performed admirably.
Need to stop and check out something close to the ground? No problem!Want to take a trip down the slide? No problem!John and I both figure that this dress is going to last her well past her third birthday, as a dress and then, probably, as a tunic. I love the color on her (yellow almost never looks good on me!) and love that it provides an extra layer of warmth without restricting her mobility.
And, apropos of nothing, I just have to tell you all how much I love her shoes. I almost wish See Kai Run made them in adult sizes.
So darling!!! I'll bet everyone that saw her had to comment!
The cute is too much!
It is so great that she will be able to wear this for so long.
OOh gorgeous dress on your adorable little girl. I can never wear yellow either but it does look cute on littlies. I love her boots too.
The dress is adorable. After all the work that went into it, it's nice that she'll get to use it for a long time.
The dress is beautiful--glad to see it in its finished form. That's great that Ms. Z shows such interested in the handknits. I was able to weave in ends and sew up a mitten yesterday with my girls (will be 2 this week). They helped me 'knit' by playing with bits of scrap yarn. That's a first for us!
Z looks so sweet in the dress and you did an amazing job on it. Very cute and it looks like a beautiful pattern.
Great dress and adorable child! You do good work.
Thank you for all the nice words. Both the dress and the kiddo make me happy. I'm hoping that in a few years her love of yarn will still be there and I'll be able to share the craft.
Adorable!
I hear you about loving the appreciating mama's knits time period. Lucy has started announcing to everyone around her, "pwetty sweatah. Mama make it." which is pretty darn cool.
Wow! I can't wait for when Z starts to do that. How sweet!
Adorable.
I love her shoes, too.
The dress is fabulous! I was just flipping through a Dale of Norway book with someone the other day and talking about how huge the sizes run. One 18 month size sweater had measurements of 25 and some odd inches! I was like, my kid is 2 and she's only 23 or so around! Holy cow!
It's good to see the dress in action. It's adorable. And the shoes are soooo cute! So, they don't come in adult sizes? (I'd really like a pair of light up sneakers but they don't come in adult sizes either)
She looks great in it!
Wow, I haven't read blogs in a while, your daughter has grown SO much. She is beautiful as is your knitting.