6/15/2011
I made this cute little shirt for Lucy. the best part was not needing a pattern - I literally ripped the pieces apart, since they are all squares or rectangles. Soon (I hope I hope) I will be getting my Etsy store going and this is one of the first items I'll be listing!
1/2/2011
2011. INSANE! I made this for Lucy. A cute little sweater called the Lucia Sweater. I found the pattern on Ravelry. It knit up really easily and quickly! This fit is a little baggy, but I made it a size too big because...well...Lucy is huge.
10/30/10
Okay, so I finished this a while ago, but I took forever to find the buttons I wanted. Here it is - cutest baby sweater ever!
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| It is hard to see the cute tulip lace pattern...sadly, she wouldn't hold still for a close-up. |
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| Lucy anticipating hair. |
9/25/10
I made some longies for Lucy! These are more diaper covers, but now in long-pants-form. It was a fun pattern that actually went really quickly!
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| So cute! I am a little disappointed in the color matching, but other than that, it looks great! |
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| I did a little bell bottom cuff with a seed stitch. It was a pain in the ass. |
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| I did an internal drawstring waist instead of the ribbing...just for some variety. |
7/22/10
Baby Afghan. See home page for the entire saga:
7/21/10
The RIBBIE ACTION SHOTS! YEAH!
Lucy is actually enjoying her Ribbie...while gleefully playing with new cloth dipes that I have yet to put together:-)
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7/20/10
Lucy is a cloth-diapered baby. I love her cloth dipes (my hubby doesn't so much, but that is because he has a poop phobia). Lately I have been obsessed with wool diaper covers because the PUL (polyurethane laminate, basically plastic covers) make her all sweaty and hot and seem exacerbate diaper rash. I started out buying wool covers. They are expensive. I have a few interlock wraps by Lovey Bums which I really like a lot. These wraps are soft and stretchy and Lucy stays mostly dry and rash-free in them. But they tend to leak after a while. Actually, they tend to seep, since wool doesn't really leak, it just soaks through the layers and the lanolin. I know this is part of using wool. You have to change a little more often and be okay with slightly damp clothes.
Unless...you abandon the wrap altogether and go with knit woolies - shorties, longies, skirties, etc. These are ALSO very expensive. So I dusted off my Nana's knitting needles and started knitting them up myself. My first attempt was okay:
The only problem was I sewed up the leg holes a little too tight for my chubby cherub's thighs! I also didn't check the gauge and it ended up much smaller than I thought it would. It won't fit her long. I was proud of the attempt, however and spurred on to greater heights.
I used a free pattern online for my second attempt. It was an "envelope" style pattern. I used ultra soft Waterlily wool yarn. Ooooooh, so soft. I would never have guessed it was wool. It turned out REALLY well! I'll add a picture later, when Lucy gets up from her nap and I can get the soaker from her room:-)
This is my third attempt. It was my first attempt knitting in the round, grafting a seam, picking up stitches and doing a super-stretchy bind-off. Not to mention actually completing a pattern with very few noticable errors!
I used The Ribbie pattern. I think that I did a pretty damn good job! As I have all my little YogaKids yell at the end of every class, Yeah me!
