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By Betty, November 28, 2009 5:05 pm

Nap time

I wonder how long she will be this interested in her little brother. For now, she’s infatuated.

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By Betty, October 28, 2009 3:07 pm

Well, that wasn’t very nice of me to set up a new blog then go silent for a month, was it. Fortunately, I have a good excuse. On September 28, my son was born: Colin Jeremy. Since then, I’ve been pretty occupied with my motherly duties (and some knitting here and there!).

Here are a couple pictures of him modeling his knitwear:

1 day old, wearing his knit hat. Perfect fit!

Toasty warm in his tweedy wool and alpaca blankie.

He has to grow into the rest of the things I knit for him as I made them on the larger size. I do need to make him a new hat now – that little blue one is already a bit small.

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By Betty, September 18, 2009 2:10 pm

We are getting ready to welcome the newest member of our family – before the end of the month. We have a little boy on the way and I’ve been knitting on and off for the past several months. Here is what I have to show for myself:

Newborn Hat and Socks
For the hat, I used the Felicity pattern and modified it to fit a tiny baby head. The socks are Better than Booties Socks from Interweave Knits.

Tweed Baby Set
These are two Brooklyn Tweed patterns: Tweed Baby Blanket and Turn a Square Hat. I loved knitting the blanket! Knitting the square on the bias kept it from being painfully boring and the lacy border was way quicker to knit than I thought it would be. Because this blanket will be staying at my house, I was OK with using the hand-wash only yarn – Knit Picks City Tweed. I’m glad I did – it is so soft and nice to knit with. I modified the hat pattern to fit a baby – have no idea what size it is, though!

Sweet Baby Cap
I’ve made a lot of these little things, but this is the first one for me. I just love it.

Cabled Baby Vest
This pattern is from Purl Bee and I think it is adorable. I can’t wait to see my little guy in it!

Simple Socks
These are basically my Hunca Munca pattern with some minor changes – smaller needles, more stitches. I had intended on making a bunch of these, but got bored with it.

Ripples Blanket
Crochet! Yes, I do that, too. I started this Easy Ripple Afghan before I knew we were having a boy. The colors feel a bit girly to me now but I’m sure I’ll still use it. And yes, that navy bump in the 2nd picture is my belly.

A Couple Hats
I love the Aviator hat – very unique. I still need to get some buttons for the chin strap. The cable-brimmed hat isn’t my favorite. I made it once before but this one seems to be a bit short for the width.

Big Bad Baby Blanket
This blankie is from the Stitch n Bitch book. I started this several years ago as a gift but never finished. Mine now!

And that’s it. No more baby knitting for now!