Pink Striped Baby Raglan is pattern development for the store. I have quite a few skiens of Bernat Cottontots in various coordinating colors- perhaps enough for 10 sweaters of this size (3 months). Pictured above are Strawberry and Pretty in Pink. I’m excited about this one. I want to have it done by fall. There will be an intarsia star on the left side too.

In 2005 I decided that most of the people in the family would get hand-made holiday gifts. I was homeschooling with a 5 year old, 3 year old and an 8 month old. Apparently, I thought the knitting machine was magic or something. Even with a knitting machine, there’s still the very time-consuming act of seaming. Now I know why some people plan seaming with a movie and wine available. Sometimes it seems like the knitting machine does the fun part of knitting for you and leaves you with the boring part for you to do by hand. Good thing I like the clackity clack of the knitting machine. I also leave the ribbing and edging for last and do those by hand.

In the photo above there are men’s gloves and a matching hat as well as a pair of fingerless mitts. All that’s needed here is the seaming. I’ve avoided it because the yarn is really dark which means I have to sacrifice some daylight hours to do them and there are MANY ends to weave in on the gloves. The fingers were knit flat.

Next in line is the Drawsting Bag. I remember starting this one because I discovered when my third was a little baby, that the only thing I could do while nursing is browse the internet or crochet (books and magazines were too cumbersome). This project was dropped in favor of crocheted soakers.

I plan on finishing this since I like the construction and think I can learn from it. I don’t like the color of this yarn though so I won’t be keeping it for myself.

Finally there’s the plastic bag holder. I’ll definately finish this because I have a lot of navy scrap yarn and the need for a plastic bag holder. It probably wouldn’t even take long.

I’ve been really busy with the site re-design among a lot of other stuff on my plate. I have been working on yarn related stuff and I did knit a pair of pants for a customer. The Crochet Baby Pants have been seamed. I now have to do the edging around the legs and make the waistband. I finally finished the two baby hats also. Pictures to follow in the next posts.

The pink booties (bootie?) were intended as a gift. I just never finished them in time for them to fit. After that, they got pushed aside because all the babies that were coming earthside at the time were boys. It’s a free pattern from Sue’s Crochet and Knitting. I’m going to finish them just so that I can determine guage for this yarn. It’s two strands of Malabrigo lace in “Barbie” held together. I have a substantial bit of it. My only concern is that I started these so long ago (2005) that my guage may have changed.

Yellow Booties

These booties are made with Patons Bumblebee in “Daffodil”. The pattern is from Simple Knits for Cherished Babies by Erika Knight. These were also started in 2005. My cousin asked for a pair but back then my knitting was a lot slower and so I didn’t finish in time. I haven’t decided if I’m going to finish them. I only have one ball of Daffodil so booties or another baby hat may be all I can do with it.

I’m calling it a sweater but it’s really turning out to be like a knitted tee since it’s cotton and short sleeved. At this point, I have to do the crocheted edging on the sleeves and hem. I also need to re-do the collar.

It’s the first collar I ever made. My knitting has improved a lot since then and the collar itself looks a little wierd. Since friends are having a baby soon, maybe I should finish this up ASAP so that I can give it to them with the crocheted pants.

I’m almost finsihed with the second baby hat- just one more row and then the bind off. I’ll finish that this weekend and maybe also finish the Charlie Brown Sweater which only needs button bands and 3 or 4 duplicate stitches to fix the intarsia.

These pants were also cast on then aside in 2004. It’s another one from Crochet for Babies and Toddlers. That book must’ve been inspirational considering I started so many projects with it. (2004 seems a bit of a blur- I was pregnant and with two under four in 2004).

It’s Patons Bumblebee in (can’t remember the color off hand and too lazy to go find a ball of it).

These shouldn’t take too long to finish once I pick them again. I only have half of the second leg left before it’s time to seam. I’m probably going to make my own kind of waist band for them since I don’t feel like buying shirring elastic and doing it the way the pattern says. I also like the look of a crocheted body with a knit waistband. These pants would go really well with the Cap Sleeve Sweater. The only problem is, I don’t think they are corresponding sizes. I’ll have to see once they’re both completed.