Present Joys

“We thank the Lord of heaven and earth
who hath preserved us from our birth
for present joys, for blessings past,
and for the hope of heaven at last.”

Tag dempsey

7 posts between August 2010 and February 2015

My sister is becoming an expert flower-arranger.

Previously.

My sister is sixteen today.

A new hat for Dempsey, based on Lee Meredith’s excellent Custom Tritops pattern. I was inspired by socks: the main part of the hat is an allover eye-of-partridge pattern, like a sturdy sock heel, and the ears are made just like turkish-cast-on sock toes. We had a fun time experimenting with the position of the ears. I opted to put them on the crown of the hat, but they looked weird with the slouchy way Dempsey wore the hat. Instead, the ears are stitched on just a few inches above the brim.

Totoro fair isle pullover