When you think of all things baby, there is an underlying cuteness that could melt even the coldest of hearts. I have been working on clothing for my baby, who will be here in December, and I have been having a splended time! There have been some mishaps...(if I ever get this green blanket done I may acutally jump for joy, and believe me, that is getting harder every day!) Really, what was I thinking of when I decided to put a feather and fan border around this honkin blanket anyway? They don't make circular needles that big....hopefully, my wonderful yarn lady extrodinaire will come to my rescue...thank you Betty at Gove City Yarn (link further down). Here are a few finished products.....
Louisa Harding's Harvey Kimono from her book, Natural Knits for Babies and Moms. I used Panda Cotton from Crystal Palace in Denim and I have a ton of really cool vintage buttons from my travels and garage sales. Strangely, I don't have very many red buttons, so these are mismatched....I think it adds to the overall cuteness factor! This is the only newborn sweater I am allowing myself, as they are really easy to succumb to but not so easy to make your baby stop growing!
This is Beanie hat, same designer and book....I know what you're thinking....no, I am not totally obsessed w/ Louisa, but she is a perfect gem and I did manage to spend a week in the south of France with her, not that I'm name dropping or anything!!! Ok, I'm name dropping, but I can prove it but I'm going to make you wait. I am also going to make you wait on the cutest mittons ever, only because I have to retake the picture....And I also have to make you wait because just like one minute ago I acidentally slipped and fell, and when I got back up it turns out I had started a new project....they just sneek up on you sometimes..you have to be vewy, vewy careful....
Re needing longer circular needles, you could just use two circular needles and that will accommodate a humungous amount of stitches if you have the long length ones.
ReplyDeleteOr..... you could knit the border on sideways.
Nice blog!!