I haven't blogged, but I have been busy being crafty in the meantime! I've been making a lot of baby items and hats lately. Here are some of the most recent baby gifts I've completed.
The blue hat and booties are for a knitting friend who is having a boy this month. I also made an identical blue hat for a high school friend who is also having a boy and is also due this month. Both hats were based upon the Simple Baby Cap 1 pattern in Itty Bitty Knits, but I did a K1, P1 rib for an inch instead of all stockinette. I used Lily Elite Cotton for the hat shown here. The booties are knit in Patons Bumblebee Baby Cotton using my modified version of the Bobble Booties Debby Ware pattern, which is intended for a girl. I omitted the eyelash and stockinette stitch for the top of the bootie and did seed stitch instead. As I knit them I discovered that there were errors in the original pattern for knitting the instep and the soles. The instep was meant to be knit in stockinette but the pattern said garter stitch. For the soles I had to decrease at the beginning and end of each row as well as at the stitch marker in the middle in order to be able to sew the booties together properly.
The pink hat is for another high school friend who is having a girl. I used the Upside-Down Daisy pattern from Itty Bitty Knits and knit it with Lily Sugar 'n' Cream cotton yarns. I couldn't fit all six of the white petals on the hat for some reason, so it only has four. It still looks cute!
