As a new mother, I often find it challenging to get time at my sewing machine. My sweet smiling little dumpling turns into a screaming howler if set down too long, so my quilting is reserved for naptime and when Daddy is home to take over bouncing and playing duties. Luckily, I have a hobby that she will allow a smidge more frequently: knitting! Since Annika is so kindly allowing me to knit, I repay her by knitting things for her! Actually, knitting for baby is so fun, because those tiny projects just finish up so quick - I have never knit a sweater before, but she already has three from me now.
The cute little one below is the Feather and Fan Baby Sweater, from the book
101 Designer One-Skein Wonders, knit up in a skein of Pagewood wool/nylon hand-dyed sock yarn. Pagewood's generous yardage left me plenty to make her a little pair of
baby socks to match. (If you click on the "baby socks" in the previous sentence, you will find a free pattern for baby socks!) I washed and dried this sweater in my normal washer and dryer, and had no noticable shrinkage! Yay superwash wools!
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| My sweet lil beanie! |
Of course, this also illustrates the sad part about knitting for baby - At three months, she is not going to be squeezing into this little sweater much longer, and her big old hobbit-feet are already in 6 to 12 month old -sized socks! But we have such beautiful yarns at our
stores, and adorable patterns and books for baby clothes, so I will just keep making her new ones, although perhaps in too-big sizes, so she has time to grow.
-Anna-Beth
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3 comments:
I think one of the best quality of baby clothes are knit clothes! They always look so cute and stylish!
so Cute!!! I love the idea of socks to match. I love that pattern.
The picture doesn't do justice to the amazing colors in this sweater! So adorable!
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