Girl's Weekend with Knitting

I have a very tight group of girlfriends from college, and although we have gotten very spread out geographically over the years (Chicago, Cleveland, DC, North Carolina and LA), we make a point of getting together each year for a long weekend to hang out and craft (we are four knitters and one quilter). This year we met up in Cleveland twice, and we spent this past weekend haning out and celebrating the immanent birth of my friend Jen's baby. I made her Veronik Avery's Gansey Layette (my favorite baby sweater pattern to date) to mark the occasion, or as it was renamed by friend Crystal at the Knit Cafe, Happy Green:

The mom to be opening her gansey - Jen doesn't wear her hair like that - it's the "baby" bow from the gift!

Laura made Jen a beautiful version of the Kimono from this past summer's Interweave Knits. I love the way the contrasting trim makes the sweater look elegant:

Here's Cora admiring Laura's handiwork.

In addition to the wonderful baby knits, we showed up to the shower in style in Laura's handknits (I brought Clementine, but Cleveland surprised us with beautifully warm weather and there was no way I was making it in merino!):

Jen and Julia sporting Laura's Cable Eight Top

Jen and Laura sporting her own Fiery Bolero

It was a great weekend, full of fabulous FOs. Stay tuned for more pictures of the Happy Green ensemble, pattern notes for Happy Green and a freebie pattern of the "Sprout" Hat.