I can’t talk about it on Facebook because there’s a couple of family members who haven’t been told in person yet, but I found out last night my little sister is pregnant!
Yknow, it’s been a crummy couple of weeks for me here; my car was rear-ended and totaled, I’m cooped up because we haven’t found a good affordable replacement yet, and I hurt my back gardening a few days ago, so even though the weather is PERFECT for more gardening and there’s a ton to do and I’m stuck at home a lot anyway, I can’t DO it, so I’m frustrated, achy, and restless sitting here watching the weeds grow - and along comes some really awesome news. My baby sister’s gonna have a baby. sniff She’s already a great stepmom, and they’ve been open about wanting to add to the family, so…I have till December to knit baby things, I guess I can start now…
Seconding the recommendation for Saartje’s booties. They are darling, and knit up quickly. Here’s a few multicolor ones, and these hat/bootie sets featuring Saartje’s pattern are so cute I might die of it.
I haven’t tried knitting socks yet. However, I have a very simple but very effective baby blanket pattern.
CO 4, turn, K2, increase by knitting in front and back of stitch, K to end of row. Keep doing the stuff between the stars until the blanket is as wide and long as you like. Then it’s K2, decrease by knitting two stitches together, K to end of row until your needles have somewhere between 5 and 8 stitches left on them, and bind off. Yes, theoretically, you should keep decreasing until you get down to five stitches, but it always makes an elongated tail when I do that. Anyway, this pattern will make a nice border because of the increases and decreases, and it’s diagonal, which means that it won’t curl up. You can crochet a trim around it if you like. I have particularly good success with variegated or speckled yarns. I like to keep a couple of these blankets in reserve, just in case I need a quick gift, and they are great to do while watching a movie.
That is just redonkulous. It makes me wish that a) I was a good enough knitter to try something like that and b) that one of my sils would get pregnant so I’d have an excuse to make something that adorable.
Thanks all for the links! The Saartje’s booties are especially cute and, I think, something I could tackle. (I’m just finishing up my first ever sock.) My mom’s got the blanket thing well in hand, she always has one in progress either for someone specific or to donate to her church. But she’s never gotten the hang of knitting in the round, so socks and hats appear to be mine to provide.
Aw, I’ve gone all warm’n fuzzy. Stuff’s second link goes to hats very similar to the ones I made for my kid and niece.
I have no babies of friends or family to knit for (and an adult-size blanket on the needles). I’m wondering how** Lynne**'s pattern would translate on big needles & more increases to a bigger blanket. I will have to try once the current project’s finished.
Congratulations to the OP on her impending auntiehood.
Are you on Ravelry.com by any chance? There’s hundreds of patterns for free download (298, to be exact, using the search “baby sock” + knitting + free + ravelry download).
Yeah, it appears it’s time for me to sign up to Ravelry. Now that I’m comfortable knitting on DP needles there’s a lot of patterns I don’t have to pass up!
She just sent out an ultrasound picture. What a cute little…blob. Turns out she told Mom a month ago, and she managed to keep it quiet, which is a little surprising!
This pattern: Ruth’s Perfect Baby Booties is great. I have made them for my niece and nephew. Here it is on Ravelry, so you can see a bunch of examples of what the booties look like.
Unless you have some exceptionally long needles, you’d have to do the blanket in sections and sew it together. I do this blanket on circular needles, and the size limit is determined by how many stitches the needles will hold…and remember, this is the DIAGONAL dimension, so the sides will be smaller.
