Baby Season

All I have been knitting lately is adorable little baby stuff. Which has been great in the unseasonal hot September we've been having because it's much more pleasant to knit something small while sun tanning on the balcony.

This little number was for friends of mine that just had a baby girl. For months I had been planning on knitting sweaters for their cute Chihuahuas but I never got around to it so I suppose the human child warranted something hand knit.

The Tee

The baby tee is a Quince & Co. (sqweee!!!) pattern called Immie Tee and I did it in Knit Picks yarn called Cotlin which is a DK weight 70% cotton and 30% linen in Crème Brule. It is super soft and has a lovely breeziness to it. I quite liked the pattern once I got my hands on this handy dandy little gadget for following charts.

The Booties

I used the same yarn as above for the booties and the hat. The pattern is called Easy Mary Jane Booties. Soooo this was the second time I made these booties and the pattern is really NOT HARD at all, but I am retarded, and the first time I made these I had to re-do the left 3 times and the strap kept being on the wrong side and in frustration I just gave the booties as a gift anyway even though I gave them two right hand feet. Shame on me! I know! Babies don't know which way straps are supposed to go right? Anyway, so this time I was determined to get it right and made the left hand bootie 3 times again and then realized that it had been inside out the whole time. Seriously, it took me 6 booties to figure that one out. Good thing cotlin comes in enough yardage to support my mistakes!

The Hat

I wanted to a lacy hat to tie in the look of the tee. I started making this hat called Bonnet and Booties and I cast on and did the whole fancy boarder thing and it was looking great and then I couldn't figure it out from there. So I unraveled and looked for an easier lace hat pattern and made Baby Leaves Hat which was actually the better choice aesthetically because the leafy pattern on the tee was picked up in the hat. so YAY. I wanted to make it look like an outfit so I had to find a way to incorporate the bootie buttons (look at them! they have penguins on them!!!!) into the hat so I found a flower pattern to stick on it and use the button as the flower centre.

I can't wait to start making sweaters! Fall is coming!!!