My mother was an accomplished seamstress, and also loved to knit, cross stitch and needlepoint. She made these two little sweaters for Elliott and Emily shortly after they were born in the early 80s. I have no idea where she found the patterns, but they are so cute — she had extremely good taste. Elliott got a little hat to match his sweater.
Emily got a cute bunny sweater, but no hat.
She did, however, get these adorable matching pink leather shoes which my sister, Sally, bought in Paris. Emily really likes shoes, so I’m sure even as a toddler, she would have opted for shoes as opposed to hat.
Here’s Emily with mother when she was visiting us in Los Angeles (mother also knit the sweater she is wearing). Unfortunately, I don’t have a photo of Elliott and mother where he is wearing his little sweater.
Oh my! She was a very talented knitter. And those shoes are to die for! What fun. Great that you have kept them all, too.
Those sweaters are so cute! I love the red accent in Elliot’s! And the Aran sweater is fabulous! Do you think they call those shoes ‘spectators’ when they are pink and small?
Your mom was VERY talented! The kid’s sweaters are so cute! I have knitted a square the size of a potholder ONCE – to be able to make a patterned sweater like those is AMAZING to me! The sweater your mom is wearing is also beautiful – she looks like a very nice lady.
🙂 Ann
The details on the sweaters are so sweet! She was very talanted.
The one she was wearing is amazing!!
Love those pretty shoes 🙂