More Knits to Come!

I brought my knitting bag with me on vacation, but never got a chance to pick up my needles...

Look for more baby sweaters next month.

Also, I'm finally going to tackle both crochet and double pointed needle sock knitting!

A Complete Baby Set!

I finally brought this set together. Of the three pregnancies I was knitting for, this is the last one; the other two have delivered, happy and healthy babies!

Some of these items are variations on patterns I've used before, and posted here: the hats and the hooded blanket. The other two blankets were knitted off the cuff, without following any pattern in terms of the colours. However, the striped one is knit in a pattern that I originally found in a book of afghan patterns. I took these photos just before I wrapped up the items:

Red Ruffled Hat:



Multi-coloured Ruffled Hat:



Hooded Blanket:



Blanket knit on circular needles:



Striped blanket:

Hat and Bootee Set for Newborn

Ta da!

A Small Bundle

Sent to a friend in the UK:



The cable hat pattern is the one from Canadian Living, first featured here..

Baby Shower Part II

Here is the hat and bootee set (the hat was a free Bernat pattern):







Frodo inspecting my handiwork:



Frodo inspecting the Fluffy Hat:



Upsidedown:

Baby Shower Part I

I've finally got a complete set!

Here are the two blankets I knit for my expecting sister-in-law:

Norwegian Wool blanket with cable stripe:



Close-up:



Baby Blanket with Hood (pattern from the Lion Brand Yarn website):

Extra Large Kimono

I've dropped the diamond lace pattern again, as I've just learned that I have less than two weeks to knit a gift for another mother-to-be!
After much searching, I settled on a kimono pattern from Knitting Daily, and hope to put up photos soon. Since I never pay attention to gauge or resize patterns properly, I've gone ahead and started the kimono (which calls for 3.4 mm needles) on 9 mm needles, in order to finish quickly and use less wool (as I only have two skeins of 100% wool from Turkey that I'd like to use, and the pattern calls for 3!).
So far so good - I've got the body and sleeves done, and might have just enough wool for the finishing. (Would that I could sew properly...) The kimono is huge! Yet will hopefully be quite snuggly once the baby is grown and winter comes...

Progress is Slow

Mainly because I can't sew very well. I've finished the Diamond Lace sweater, and started on the cap. Mittens and bootees to come!

At the same time, I've begun work on a five-hour baby sweater - I'm about an hour in and getting slightly discouraged because there are a few errors in the pattern. However, I've found blog references to it here and here, which helpfully offer photos.

Summer is almost here and the babies are due at the end of the season, so I've got to get cracking!

Diamond Lace Set In Progress

Helen and I are knitting a surprise gift for a colleague who's having twins - one boy and one girl! She's doing the blue half of the set, and I'm doing the yellow half. So far we've done the body of the sweaters and started on the sleeves.

Here's the body:



The set also includes mittens, bootees and a hat. Here's a closeup of the diamonds:

A Gorgeous Afghan, by Helen

Isn't it lovely? I wish I could knit nothing but blankets, most of the time...