Abba's Emma.

I am so excited for Abba and Bronco to make their appearance in 10 short weeks. In anticipation of their arrival I have been getting my knit on and decided to make this month's knitting project all about them. I present, the nearly completed Emma Tunic.

I have decided this one is for Abba for no reason in particular other than A comes before B and I knit this one first. I probably should have designated it for poor Bronco because she'll always be second, but I didn't and it's set in my mind that this is Abba's.

I was hoping to surprise Lindsey with these little numbers, but I went to the yarn store a literal 17 times to pick out yarn and always came out empty handed. You wouldn't believe how difficult it is to settle on colours and textures and softness. Lindsey pashawwed me when I asked her to come help a sister out, but she came and she struggled too. I eventually picked a few things and she yessed the things she liked and this is what we came up with.

And I love it. The picture doesn't do it justice. I'm going to blame it on the poor lighting -- taking photos at 8pm on a rainy evening isn't always best. The colours are lovely (calligraphy, water lily, and logwood). The yarn is my all-time favourite (madelinetosh). And the tunic is simple and sweet.

It's still raining and my house is a tad chilly so I am cuddled up on the couch knitting again today (and cleaning house, doing laundry, baking, and possibly watching a little bit of Dawson's Creek Season 1... didn't watch it as a kid, but I got curious). I am almost done knitting Bronco's Emma and then all I have to do is weave in the ends and sew on the buttons. Then I may pick up one extra skein of the purple to make an Emma Tunic for my own stash. I hope the Lord has some daughters in store for me because I have an ever-growing stash of adorable girly things.

Hope your day is as cozy as mine.