BuzzBee Hat

A new hat for my new babe:



BuzzBee pattern from Wee Wooly Toppers (downloadable PDF booklet by Wooly Wormhead)

More pics on my blog!

Currently on the needles is this sweater for the little dude, pattern: Easy Baby Cardigan by Diane Soucy (Ravelry link).

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Boheme

I totally forgot to post this here! Here's my finished Boheme:

Specs:
Pattern: Boheme
For: Hannah-Rose who was born on Nov 19th
Yarn: Louet Gems Sport Morning Dove (3/4 of a skein)
Needle: 4.0mm / US 6 32" circulars
Size: 6 months
Timeline: Saturday, October 4th, Wednesday, October 8th
Modifications: Followed pattern as published.
Opinion: Love it! Can't wait to get pictures of her daughter wearing it!

The back.

The buttons.

The close-up of the pattern.

Now I want to have a girl so that I can make one for her. (I've got 2 boys, still under 2! For 13 more days!) I'm Robyn and I blog here.

Lacey Layette

I finally have another FO for bub. The knitting has slowed in preference for all the sewing I need to do right now, but what a better way to spend an hour in the pathology waiting room waiting for a glucose test to be done. In fact I enjoyed having the quiet time to knit away from my nearly 3yr old - I gave up trying to knit lace in his presence a while ago... and DH was just as bad.



The pattern is an old Australian leaflet I bought off ebay, and I used Patons Dreamtime 3ply 100% wool instead of the cheap yarn used in the leaflet. It was quite easy to knit considering the lace (as long as I didn't have any boys interrupting me - big or small...) and I love the classic styling. $2.50 well spent on the pattern I think!



More info here

Procrastinators 'R Us

I knit this sweater as a gift for my cousin's son. Due to a felicitous combination of an easy, well-written pattern and chunky yarn, I finished the knitting in less than two weeks.



The buttons were another story. The assembled sweater sat in my WIP pile for an additional six weeks before I bestirred myself to dig up a sewing needle and sit down to sew on the buttons; a process which I was able to complete during the first half of last night's episode of Project Runway.



I am very glad that A) I knit it big and B) babies grow.


Sirdar cardigan pattern #3900 (Raveled here)

Work in progress...

I first visited this blog when I was pregnant with my now 18 month old daughter. I'm back again, with another wee one on the way. I haven't had a moment to knit anything for our new baby - instead I've been finishing sweaters for a virtual epidemic of babies blessing our friends and family. Tomorrow we have our 20 week echo and (fingers crossed) will discover if Tessel will have a baby brother or sister. And then! I can buy yarn. I've been yearning for soft yarns; cashmere, silk/alpaca... And haven't bought anything until we find out the sex. I'll be combing through all of the beautiful finished baby things, deciding what goes into the queue. Really looking forward to "knitting with you" over the coming months.

Erica

Garter Stitch Baby Cardigan

I've had the pattern for the baby cardigan in my pattern binder for probably almost as long as I've been knitting. When I realized that knitting was going to be a forever hobby of mine, I started trying to organize my patterns so they'd be more accessible when inspiration struck. I would get a knitting magazine, and, after going through it a few times, I'd tear out the patterns I was interested in knitting, put them into plastic sleeves, and file them away in big 3-ring binders organized with page separators by category (cardigan, pullovers, men's patterns, socks, baby, etc.). I've found that most patterns have their source information at the bottom of most, if not all, of their pages. Sadly, this pattern did not. I'm pretty sure it came from the now no longer in publication Family Circle Easy Knitting, but I can't be certain. The yarn I used an extremely soft and smooshy 100% superwash wool I got for 50% off in a bargain bin at my LYS. This cardigan was my attempt at stashbusting. I'm thrilled with how it came out.

I had to do a little adjusting because I was pretty lax about gauge. My sweater falls between the 1-2 month and 3-6 month sizes. I also modified the little collar a bit to make the edges a little more sloped. The clasp was something I added on my own; it was just too cute, especially with the buttons I picked out. I love the Asian feel of it. I also wanted to try to keep the cardigan as unisex as possible. I think I did pretty well!

You are welcome to head over to my Ravelry page to read more details about this little sweater.

A whole year already!

My baby girl turned one on the 11th ... clearly, I had to celebrate this milestone by plopping handknits on her head.


pattern: Patrick's Pumpkin (Raveled here)

All my friends got pregnant right after Jo Jo was born and had their 2nd or 3rd babies. Of course you know, this means baby knits!

These were completed and gifted to Lucas along with matching “Ruth’s Perfect Booties” that I forgot to photograph.

The striped one is made from Cotton Ease in my own simple striped pattern.

This one is Wendy Peter Pan DK.... super soft chenille yarn.

This hat I made, from Itty Bitty Hats called the Rainbow Marley, with Cotton Classic from my LYS. I made the dreads but never attached them. And never finished weaving in all the ends. The hat and dreads are still in my UFO box. But Lucas was born in Spring in NC and it’s not hat weather for long after that around here. And somehow the 2 hats above seemed like enough.

Look at all those ends!
But I do LOVE this hat! Someone please have a baby in the cool months!?!

Check out the dreads

And these were made for baby Maddie.

Feet cloth.

Butterfly stitch cloth.

Princess duckies.

Maddie’s Upside Down Daisy, also delivered with matching RPB baby booties. I made the main part of the hat with Rowan CashSoft, the stem parts with Rowan Handknit cotton, and the petals with the most expensive substitute yarn my LYS had. I almost fainted when they recommended it to me and I saw the price. But I had no time to look for another sub so I bought it, and to their credit it was the most wonderful, springy, beautiful bright white microfiber yarn I’ve ever worked with or seen. Don’t remember the name though. :-(

I procrastinated sewing on those daisy petals after seeing some other daisy hats on Ravelry and hearing about how difficult it was to sew them on and have it come out not looking like crap, but oh my gosh this was the cutest ever hat when it was finished, and I swear it looked 100 times cuter on that sweet baby girl. We were blessed with a cool spell the week after I gifted the hat so I was able to see her enjoying the CashSoft warmth and cuteness. I enjoyed ogling this hat so much that I'm making one for my neighbor's 1st grandbaby too! Gotta do something with all that pricey white petal yarn!

Happy Wednesday, folks!

Deborah

Been quite some time

Been quite some time since I shared my knitting adventures. My baby is now 16 months old and somehow having such a tiny one in the house tends to limit computer time. J Since Jo Jo was born I’ve made so many cute things! I'll share a couple now and more later.

First I made the Pea Pod sweater and hat in Rowan Calmer. Oh so cute!

He loves this tiny soft hat.

Then I made my own version of the Pumpkin Hat for my cutie pie. I never got around to weaving in the ends…. So he wore it still “on the vine.” He didn’t mind.

Here we are pumpkin picking and showing off his cuteness.

Hope all are well, and may the babies and knits just keep coming!

Deborah