What We Do

I woke up thinking about this video after a particularly sleepless night.  It’s interactive and absolutely amazing.  My favorite part is the guy modeling the different DEVO designs.  Enjoy.

What We Do

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Magic Baby Slippers

Just a fly by post to show you the adorable Magic Slippers I whipped up for Baby.  They were made using leftovers from the Twist and Melody hats.

Terrible photograph using my belly as a table.  Mods and notes are here on Ravelry.

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FO: Puerperium Cardigan

A while back I finished a sweater for Baby, but only recently got around to uploading the pictures.  Despite being a June baby, I felt he needed at least one hand-knit sweater.  Hospitals and air conditioned buildings can all be chilly for a newborn, right?

I’ve been dying to knit the Puerperium Cardigan for a while.  (Look familiar?  This adorable little cardigan has been knit by such famous figures as the Yarn Harlot.)  It seemed like just the right thing for my little guy.

I knit mine out of RYC Cashsoft Baby DK in #800 Snowman, #804 Chicory, and #805 Cloud.  Sadly, all of these colors are soon to be defunct as Rowan is discontinuing the entire Baby Cashsoft DK line.  All three skeins came out of my stash and were purchased over several years out of the orphan bin at the Shoppe.  They just happened to coordinate perfectly.  I chose to do a striping pattern of 4 blue, 2 white, 2 green, 2 white, while keeping the border in blue.

The buttons were purchased from JoAnns as I didn’t have enough of any one complimentary button in my stash.  They’re sewed on with a bit of Perle Cotton #5 in a matching color.  (Pro-tip: Perle Cotton #5 makes for great button thread.  No need to double it and it is quite strong.  Comes in a huge variety of color to match just about anything.)

I have to admit that I’m totally smitten with this sweater and I kind of want to make another.

You can find my Ravelry notes here.

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Diapers on the Line

Yes, we’re going to attempt the crazy train of cloth diapering.

Thanks to Liisa, we have lots of cute Bum Genius All-In-Ones. This is the batch of newborn sized ones that will need to be ready sooner rather than later.  You have to admit they’re pretty darn cute.  Especially all hanging on the (temporary) clothes line.

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Hat Parade: Mistake Rib Baby Hat

The Mistake Rib Baby Hat is a freebie from Ravelry.  I found it while browsing for a pattern to use up this one lonely skein of discontinued Rowan RYC Cashcotton DK that I had bumming around the stash.

The color is #602, but that’s about all I can tell you.  I picked this skein up from the orphan bin a couple years ago because it was too pretty to leave behind.

The hat features a simple mistake rib brim that is a little more interesting than your traditional 1×1 or 2×2 ribbing, but doesn’t have quite as much give.  Then it flows into normal stockinette hat construction.

I chose to alter the hat slightly and gave it a traditional swirled decrease top as opposed to the ties that are on the original pattern.  I also made the smallest size in this hat and it was too small for Izy, so it’s somewhere around the newborn head range.

All project details and notes can be found here.

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33 Weeks

We’re down to the final 6 weeks!  Baby is doing well and we’re having weekly ultrasounds and appointments.  As of last week’s scan, he was weighing in at approximately 4lbs 11oz.  He should be making his appearance the 2nd week of June.  Until then, I’ll work on this project just a bit longer.

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