I'm waiting for mail from France these days. The book Irrésistibles à tricoter - 0-6 ans is hopefully soon on its way to me.

It's written by Muriela Agator. If you like simple and elegant designs, you have probably already come across some of her designs on ravelry. She writes them in French (of course) and in English. Not all of her patterns are translated into English though.

But if you´re not on ravelry then don't despair. Muriela sells her designs and the book from her shop. Seing her things in the new release will be very existing.

And while we are talking about cool children knitting books, then I look so much forward to this book coming from Annette Danielsen's hands.

All the way from Italy...

...came these shiny bells. They look as if each and every one has been painted and lacquered - one after the other.

The most lovely bells I have ever seen. So I ended up buying the stock of this particular kind. 

It will not be long before I have to use a few of them. But the rest will be saved in a transparant box. Or maybe I should put them all on a long piece of string, and let them do what they do best - jingle.

For little cold ears...

Later this week we are going to see little Agnes. So I had to make her a little something.

With the leftovers from the cardigan I made for her for Christmas, I knit this funny looking hat.

It's from Drops Design and you can find out how to make it right here for free. The pattern is easy to make and the hat can be finished rather quickly. But it does require that you can read Danish, Norwegian or Swedish...

BUT luckily I were wrong about the language part!! I just found out that the pattern comes in so many other languages. Go have a look at ravelry. :)

For little cold ears..., a photo by lille-ursus on Flickr.