Happy Holidays

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from *elletrain knits*! I hope you all have a lovely holiday season filled with joy and...knitting!! And hopefully some snow in there, too :)

What a wonderful year this has been! I got a new name and a new wonderful husband to go along with it. We got to do some traveling: we got engaged in Mexico and got to honeymoon in Scotland, Ireland, and London. We were fortunate to see our families more often this year because of the wedding. Pinky started his own new business and things are booming. I started to put together a new wedding business, Lace*Paper*Flowers, with my friend Jessica. (more to come on that in the new year!). Our home has become more of a home through not only decorating, but filling the house with 'us' and what's important to us. We lost some dear friends this year that we will truly truly miss (JP and Kodi), but both gained amazingly wonderful families. We are truly blessed.

Happy Happy Holidays to you and yours. I love you all!!

Snowflakes That Fall

Hi all! Happy Almost Christmas. Here is yet another new pattern from Elletrain Knits. It's called Snowflakes That Fall. It's a simple hat pattern and the snowflakes are created through duplicate stitching. I think it's really enjoyable and is like combining knitting with embroidery or cross-stitch. Plus, unlike stranded colorwork, you don't have to worry about your hat not fitting because your colorwork was knitted too tightly. I hope you enjoy the pattern!

Buy it on Ravelry.com

Buy it on Etsy.com

My Knitting and Crochet Portfolio

Good morning! I thought I'd share a link to the knitting and crochet portfolio slideshow I just put together on Flickr. I think it will help when advertising my knitting and crochet lessons, like tomorrow at a friend's benefit for Cystic Fibrosis. Check out the photos and maybe they will inspire you to knit or crochet today!

Click here for the slideshow

Happy Crafting!

Laura

P.S. This is a new pattern I made last week, Cloudscape Capelet. Here is a link to buy on Ravelry and here's one for Etsy. It's a super quick knit and can also be worn as a scarf/cowl.

Waiting on Snowfall

*Here is my latest hat design! It's called "Waiting on Snowfall." I LOVE the snow, probably because I live in the South and we don't get much of it each winter. Waiting for snow to fall is exciting and hopefully putting on this hat will act as somewhat of a 'snow dance' and will bring on the snowflakes!! *

Click here to purchase the pattern on Ravelry

Click here to purchase the pattern on Etsy

secret kitten

I've already shared this on Facebook today, but I had to post this to the blog. Oh my dear, I can't stop watching it!!! You're welcome.

Hello Mrs. Jansen

Hi hi!! Well, I'm married off now and all official and loving getting used to a new name. I had an amazing wedding and an amazing honeymoon. That is why I have been so absent from my blog! Here are a few photos from the wedding. All photos by the amazing Souders of Souder Photography:

My honey and I honeymooned in Ireland and Scotland for 2 weeks. We could not have had a more amazing time. Scotland is literally a magical place, I think. And Ireland could not have been more fun, beautiful, and filled with friendly people and laughter...and of course lots of Guinness. Our wedding proved to be an amazing event where both of our families really came together and had a blast. I think our friends and other guests also had fun, especially according to the Crazy Booth photos :)

If I were to ever give any advice to a bride, it would simply be this. Make your wedding about your loved ones having fun together and you can't go wrong!!! We had a picnic on the Saturday after the wedding to hang out further with our families. I'm so glad we did this! We could all unwind after the big event and share a bit more time together.

I hope everyone is having a great fall. Mine, I couldn't ask for more during this, my favorite season of the year.

xoxo

Mrs. Jansen

New French knitting project & honeymoon sweater done

I cannot wait to make this! The kit is coming in the mail, from France (ooh, la la!). It should be here any day. I finished my honeymoon sweater recently and am excited to start on something a little bit more involved. Yay!!!

Here are some honeymoon sweater pictures for you :) It should keep me toasty in Ireland and Scotland!