Sweetheart and Sweetstar

Kate Gilbert, creative director of Twist Collective and designer extraordinaire, recently released Sweetheart and Sweetstar as her contribution to the Haiti relief effort.

According to this, Sweetheart was born out of a sketch made by Kate's daughter, and loving maman that she is, Kate obliged.

And, predictably, those with boys grumbled. Thus Sweetstar was born:

If pink and more pink just isn't your little girl's thing, try other color combinations. Maybe it's just me: these first two make me think of sunflowers and irises:

And these. I know of one niece who can at times be nature-lover or punk princess:

I'm sure you can think of other stupendous color combinations, with variegated yarn even, or stripes! And I'm sure they'll look just as good in yarns with textures such as tweed, velour, bouclé. The only limit is your imagination.

The best part is that 100% of all proceeds go to Habitat for Humanity's efforts in Haiti, exclusively. Isn't that fantastic? So you can keep *your* little sweeties warm at the same time that you're helping out other people's loved ones.

There are, of course, other knit-related efforts out there:

• Yarn Harlot Stephanie Pearl-McPhee keeps a running tally of the amount donated by knitters to Medecins sans Frontieres / Doctors without Borders here.
• Ravelry has created a special Help for Haiti tag for pattern searching. Check to see deadlines on donations, as some patterns may be available for contribution for a limited time.

Images courtesy Twist Collective. All rights reserved.