Visit HumbleLuna for Cyber Monday!

Hello Friends! I just wanted to let you know there are a few new items up for sale at Humble Luna and I am offering free shipping today 12/1/14 for Cyber Monday with the coupon code CyberMoon.

First  there are a few new dragon tail costumes in a hot pink with purple polka dots and a dark forest green tail with olive green spots. 

 A few fun and funky clothing items are available made from a bright vintage corduroy that can be made to order in your child's custom size. There is still plenty of time to have these made for the holidays.

There is also a new Christmas Elf hat costume available that would be fun for holiday parties or for caroling around the neighborhood.

Please stop by Humble Luna for Cyber Monday.

Happy Holidays!

Yarn Along: Muh muh muh My shaloma!

                                                  

I put my holiday stress to good use this year and ended up knitting my fastest sweater yet. It only took a month compared to the 6 months and 9 months of my first two sweaters. It is the Shalom Cardigan by Megan McFarlane knit with Cascade Eco wool. I added the sleeves for warmth because,well, a sleeveless sweater in Oregon in January is kind of silly. I am pretty happy with how in turned out.

I am currently reading And The Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini. The first chapter has already broken my heart which is what the author is very good at doing. I am only a few chapters in by am enjoying it. I also really enjoyed his other books, The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid suns. If you have never read any of Khaled Hosseini's books I highly recommend them, he is a beautiful storyteller.

What are you reading and what have you been knitting? Please leave a link I would love to see.  Please join along over at Ginny's blog, Small Things.

Some new things at Humbleluna

 Please stop by HumbeLuna and take a look I have some new little skirts for spring and I will be adding new sizes and fabrics every week so check back in often. I love custom work so if you have a size or color you would like I would be happy to work with you, just send me a message via my shop. I am also working on some new baby legwarmers or "cankle sweaters" as my husband likes to call them.I will be adding more very soon. They pair up great with a little skirt for a fun spring outfit.

Happy Spring!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Yep, flowers are budding out already:)Spring is just around the corner!

I though I would share some of my recent Valentines Day inspired crafts that I have made over the past few weeks.

This heart garland was super fun and easy to make. Solomon helped me whip this up in less than 20 minutes. The cutting of the felt was the only thing that took any time as I just sewed a straight seam through them with my machine to join them together. I double layered the hearts in contrasting colors to make them a little more interesting. A great way to use up old scraps of felt( I knew I was keeping them for a reason).




I have been holding onto this fabric for ages, not sure what to do with it. But I was inspired one day to make myself a nice elastic skirt that would fit for the last weeks of pregnancy and would be really easy to adjust the waist once I don't need as much room in the waist area. I have been busting the seams(literally) of the maternity clothing that was borrowed to me(sorry Taryn, I will fix them) so it nice to have something I can still wear at this point, just with some leggins or long johns underneath. I totally just made up the pattern. And for what it is worth I have worn it several times and still haven't cut the lose strings off..lol.
So lazy these days...where is my nesting energy this time around?
Baby is due in five days!!!!!

New Fleece Gnome Hats

I have added yet some more new items to my Etsy shop and though I would share them here as well. I designed these gnome hats a long time ago but have just got around to getting pictures of them and posting them on my shop.
It is time to pay the Midwives so I am shamelessly promoting my shop until I can do so, hope you understand. Please tell your friends about Humble Luna!
I am always happy to take custom orders. If you would like a particular color or size I would be happy to accommodate.
More info on the gnome hats here.

A Local Shout Out....

(Solomon modeling my fleece star pants sold on my Etsy shop and locally at Aster&Bee)

I am happy to have my Humbleluna costumes and clothing be a part of the cute new shop in S.E. Portland called Aster&Bee. They are having a Grand Opening Saturday(tomorrow) from 3-6 with music and story time and a raffle. Please check them out!!!

Sewing, sewing,sewing.....

I have been seeing a lot of this lately........



And this.......



I have been working on stocking up my Etsy shop lately. These pants are a few of new favorites.......

I have also been knitting like mad til the wee hours of the morning too, but they are gifts that need to be given before I can share them here. I also am forcing myself to finish my tea leaves sweater that has been in the works since July, mismatched yarn and all.
I have seen so many cute sweaters that I want to make on Ravelry , but I am forcing myself to finish what I have started. I look forward to sharing some knitting soon.

New items on Humbleluna!!!

I have listed several new items in my HumbleLuna Etsy shop. Please take a look!

One skein short ......

The "Tea Leaves" sweater by Melissa LaBarre caught my eye several months ago and I was hooked, I had to make it. My first sweater for me. The problem was I really wanted the colorway that was shown in the pattern(The yarn used for this project is called Madelinetosh and the color way is Tannehill) but I could not find it anywhere. It was out of stock in every on-line yarn store that retailed Madelinetosh yarn. So I got put on a wait list and four month later I got a notice it was available.....

Here is where the trouble starts. They had 4 skeins in stock, and my sweater called for 5. But me, being impatient and knowing how popular and hard to find this yarn was, I bought the 4 skeins and figured I would just get another when I got to that point.
So here I am, many many months after I first spotted the sweater, and in the middle of the hottest part of summer, at that point.
So I needed to find just one more skein. The store where I got the first 4 isn't carrying the yarn anymore so I found another shop, that did. I ordered my yarn and when it got here the colorway was WAY different than the other skeins I had used to make my sweater. It is much brighter and the colors are much more saturated...way too different to use. UGH! My sweater remains incomplete.
So I could go on and on buying skeins on-line and getting colorways that don't match. But yarn is expensive and I have no money to spare at this time. Madelinetosh yarn is dyed in very small dye lots and the labels do not have lot numbers on them. I emailed all the local yarn shops asking if they carried Madelinetosh yarn in the colorway that I am aching to find. And there are many, many local yarn shops in Portland.
But one place(the closest to my house, actually) got back to me and they are waiting on a shipment of the very same yarn that I am seeking. So I am hoping when it gets there I can go down with my sweater in hand and find a skein that comes just close enough so that I can finish it. I will keep you posted. Fingers crossed.

Snowflakes in the summer....

Back in June I spent a glorious morning browsing the huge local fabric shop. I was by myself so I was really able to take my time( my little guy turns into a demon of some sort whenever he enters that building). I chose fabric very carefully that day putting back bolts, and changing my mind several times before I felt satisfied with my picks.
I couldn't wait to get started on a summer dress. So I started cutting out my pattern as soon as I got home. After several minutes of staring at my fabric...I saw it....A SNOWFLAKE! The fabric that I chose had snowflakes on it! I couldn't believe it. How did I not see them at the store? The fabric is brown and gold and red and I thought it looked Scandinavian....but not full of snowflakes and holly...which it is. The fabric is called Montana Modern.
I was heart broken but went on to complete my dress anyway(the pattern is Simplicity # 3807). My husband assures me he sees flowers, not snowflakes which is what I originally thought they were... until I noticed the holly.
Duh...
So this dress has been neglected this summer. I have only wore it once, to Pub knitting. But I am starting to like it again as it gets closer to Autumn. I will have to knit a sweater to go along with it so I can really rock this baby at Christmas time.

"Mama pants"

He calls them "mama pants" because he knows that I made them for him. He really likes them and asks for them by name. This melts my heart because I know this sweet time of wearing homemade pants is a very short one and I am savoring every moment.
When Sollie was a newborn papa called him our "turtle without a shell" and even before he was born I was inspired to make turtles like the turtle quilt I made very late in my pregnancy. So the turtle is his symbol in many ways.The fabric really does suit his spunky fun loving personalty so well.