our birthday Wish

A year ago, on September 2nd, our sweet little Ósk was born. Her name is the Icelandic word for "Wish" and it is truly the most fitting name we could ever have given her.

Look at that sweet newborn face!

We decided it was time for her Christening ceremony and had a birthday/christening party only for our closest family on Sunday. We have rather big families so it was plenty of people. The ceremony was beautiful and we were all beaming with pride when her big brother held the candle as a symbol of the light that will guide her path in the future. Ósk was wearing a new family heirloom, a Christening dress my grandmother knitted. Úlfur also wore it at his Christening four years ago.

Ósk was feeling a bit under the weather as she had a massive cold. She was tremendously patient through all of this. Hugs were needed, though.

Oddur's sister Una decorated the cake - we were all pretty blown away. She's 14 and it looks as if it was done by a professional. Takk, Una <3

Hah! Rascal baby strikes again. 

We had a rainstorm during the party so the lighting was pretty bad. The candles made us feel like autumn really had hit us and it was so incredible cozy.

Her birthday was on Tuesday (yesterday) so we wanted to save some presents and have a little celebration then as well, very modest though. Úlfur felt that his sister needed a birthday crown so we made one for her.

A baby for me! 

Trying on new mittens.

I knew Úlfur would want to make a gift for his sister as well so a couple of weeks before her birthday I told him a story about Big brother who finger knitted his Baby sister a headband for her first birthday. Days later, when I asked him what he wanted to get her he said he wanted to finger knit a headband, go figure ;) He had visioned a striped one, and I have no idea how to finger knit with two colors (is that even possible?), so I came up with just making two pieces in different colors and then weaving them together afterwards. Came out pretty well and Úlfur was so proud and happy with it.

Ósk's First Birthday Sweater

Pattern: Kría by Védís Jónsdóttir, modified to be a closed jumper

Yarn: Noro Silk Garden and Snælda, 3 ply wool

Needles: 4.0 mm and 5.0 mm

I love our new tradition of home made gifts, it is so much more fun and meaningful to us! We will definitely keep it up, at least partly. I'm already planning Úlfur's birthday presents, his birthday is only a few weeks from now. Better get to it...

My current WIP actually is a present for Úlfur, although I don't really plan for it to be a birthday gift. I want him to start using it immediately since fall weather has arrived and the hat I knit for him last spring got lost *grunt*. I'm following the pattern Barley and using a yarn favorite, Strikkebogen Lama wool. Perfect for knitting during lectures - more on that later. This is long enough for one post. Then I'm off to Greece on Friday and I don't know if I'll be able to post from there. We'll see :)