Betty Loves Yarn » baby http://bettylovesyarn.com ...and a lot of other things, too! Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:43:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Siblings http://bettylovesyarn.com/2009/11/siblings/ http://bettylovesyarn.com/2009/11/siblings/#comments Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:05:52 +0000 Betty http://bettylovesyarn.com/2009/11/siblings/ Nap time

Nap time

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

]]> http://bettylovesyarn.com/2009/11/siblings/feed/ 0 Baby! http://bettylovesyarn.com/2009/10/baby/ http://bettylovesyarn.com/2009/10/baby/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:07:04 +0000 Betty http://bettylovesyarn.com/?p=703 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!

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

Toasty warm in his tweedy wool and alpaca blankie.

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.

]]> http://bettylovesyarn.com/2009/10/baby/feed/ 1 So I knitted some baby stuff http://bettylovesyarn.com/2009/09/so-i-knitted-some-baby-stuff/ http://bettylovesyarn.com/2009/09/so-i-knitted-some-baby-stuff/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:10:44 +0000 Betty http://bettylovesyarn.com/?p=677 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.
Felicity and Better that Booties Mini-Felicity So Tiny

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!
Tweed Baby Set Tweed Baby Blanket Tweed Baby Blanket Turn a Square

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

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!
Cabled Baby Vest

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.
Simple baby socks Simple baby socks

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.
Ripples Ripples

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.
Aviator Hat Cable-Brimmed Hat

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!
Big bad baby blanket Big bad baby blanket

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

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