Soft Baby Shoes

I've been wanting to make a few pairs of baby shoes for my Dd. There are lots of patterns for soft baby shoes and I used this pattern. They are so much easier than I thought to make and they turned out so cute that I'm sure there will be more.


The first pair I made from a little linen dress that a friend had handed down to me that had several stains on it. The flowers around the bottom of the dress worked out perfectly for the top of the shoes and I made the soles from the bottom edge of the dress . Here's what left of it.


For the second pair I pulled out some leather scraps that I'd gotten from here for for a couple of dollars and a dress that I got at a church rummage sale for a quarter. I love this material and I was super careful with what was left. I should have enough to make a little matching dress. This was my first time sewing leather and it sewed so much smoother than I would of thought that it would have.


I followed the pattern exactly except I sewed the fabric inside sole on after I had the rest of it put together.

Rosebud

Tomorrow is my first day back at work after being off on maternity leave for the last 16 weeks. My DD will be going to my mom's as I go back to work part time. This morning, I decided that she needed a hat for her first day big day at Grandma's and she'll be wearing this new little one tomorrow.


Pattern: Itty-Bitty Hats, Susan B. Anderson- Rosebud
Yarn: Leftover yarns from the Tulip sweater and Cascade Yarns, Cotton Rich-color 8176
Needles: Size 7 and 5 DPNs
Size: 0-6 mo.
Notes: I'm very pleased with the way it turned out. It took the entire skien of Cascade for the hat. I started off weaving the ends in on the flowers, but it didn't take long to realize that it would take forever to weave them all in so I knotted them and cut them short. This little hat only cost me $2.50 for the skien of Cascade that I got out of the sale bin.

Saartje's Bootees

Oh, I am so love with these little booties. I couldn't believe how quickly they knit up and how adorable they look. They are even cuter in person than in the photos.


Pattern: Saartje's bootees
Yarn: Lorna's Laces, Shepherd Sport, Color 45ns, Cranberry
Needles: Size 1 Clover Takumi
Notes: This pattern is such a keeper. I see myself knitting these for baby showers since they are absolutely adorable and don't take a great deal of time. How cute would a set of 5 in different colors be? Thanks to my mom for finding me a matching button from her button box so I didn't have to make a visit to the fabric store.

Christine's Baby Booties

These cute little booties are the best. I put them on my DD in the morning and they were still there safe and sound at the end of the day. It sure beats the little socks that I'm constantly putting back on her feet.

Pattern: Christine's Baby Booties
Yarn: Charming, Elegant Yarns, color 02- I love this yarn and I still have a lot left for some other little knitting goodies.
Needles: Size 1-Lantern Moon- Sox Stix in ebony
Notes: I love them. The i-cord was a bit tedious but they are adorable and they certainly do stay on her little feeties.

Tulips a Colorful Cardiagan for Baby

Pattern: Tulips a Colorful Cardigan for Baby by Lindsay Pekny
Yarn: Dream in Color-VM 110, VM 120, VM 130, VM 140, VM 150 VM 160, VM 170, and VM 180
Needles: Addi 7 and 5 and DPN 7 Crystal Place and 5 Boyd
Notes:I purchased the kit at my LYS after seeing one there knit up and falling in love with the color variations. Just due to the cost, would have never bought all the colors individually, but in a kit it was much more affordable. I knit up a swatch to gauge with size 7s but I did not wash and block it. Maybe this was a mistake considering it seems to have grown a great deal when I washed an blocked the finished sweater. I liked the pattern a lot and it was a breeze to knit up. The construction was very similar to the baby tunic that I previously knit for my niece.
New Skill: I learned how to apply and I-cord with this sweater and although it took me a bit because it seemed a little fiddly at first, I'm now in love with this finished look and will definitely use it again. I especially like that when you roll up the sleeves it looks finished on the underside as well.

Pink for a little girl...

I finished these several months ago, before my DD was born, but hadn't done the finishing work on them, so I pulled them out today and put on the buttons and the ribbons and now they are ready to go. They are still too big for her, but it won't be long and she'll be ready for them.


Pattern: Knitting for Two, Lacy Bonnet
Yarn: Debbie Bliss, Baby Cashmarino
Needles: 3 and 5 Addis

I knit this and the booties that follow out of one skien of yarn. I love the little star on the back of this. Maybe someday I'll figure out how to use it on the top of a baby hat. Until then I have my eyes on the baby shedir. I even have a skien of Rowan Calmer in my stash that I got on sale thinking I'd make another regular Shedir as a gift.


Pattern: Knitting for Two, Dainty Booties
Yarn: Debbie Bliss, Baby Cashmarino
Needles: 5 Addi

These turned out so cute the first time that I thought I'd make another pair for my little girl.

Heartbreakingly Cute Baby Kimono

Pattern: Heartbreakingly Cute Baby Kimono, Mason Dixon Knitting
Needle: Size 8, Addi
Yarn: TLC Cotton Plus

I was inspired to knit this little sweater after seeing the rainbow of them here. It's just what my dd needs since it’s still a little cool in our home for her with the AC on and she has so many sleeveless summer outfits right now. Unfortunately, It turned out to be a 0-3 month size, so it’s still too big for her. It knit up really quick and the finishing seemed to be the most labor intensive part. For some reason, I can never seam garter stitch and make the seams disappear, but after redoing the seams on this several times, I think I got it figured out. Since it was a quick, fun little knit, I think that I might try making another one but change it so it will fit her now.

Dementor Costume

For the release of the last Harry Potter book, the town I live in had a Harry Potter party. They decorated shops as different places in the book and had competitions and events related to the book. My husband wanted to dress up with our niece and nephew. Our niece won for the best Hermonie costume and our nephew was a young Harry Potter. DH decided that he wanted to be a dementor and found this pattern (#9887)that he thought would work perfectly. The best of two days later and over 9 ½ yards of material…

grocery tote and a wip

I was browsing the web the one day and found this tutorial and decided that I just HAD to make this bag. I have to admit the fact that there was a perfect little bag that this bag could fit into that even attached to the handle so I don't loose it made it the perfect bag. I instantly thought of a small scrap of material that I just love that was left from another project. I used that for the main part of the bag, the blue striped for the gusset, and a chocolate brown for the inside.

I really like the size of the bag and the fact that it easily fits on my shoulder. The padded handles are nice, but I doubt that I’ll ever carry anything in it heavy enough that they are needed. In fact if I made another of these, I’d only use one layer instead of two for the handle, mainly so it would fold a little more compactly. I love the little carrying bag that it fits in, but I had the hardest time figuring out the directions. Of course, I thought about it forever and tried to visualize it, but it wasn’t until I finished it-slightly wrong I might add-that it was all clear.

When I found this tutorial I thought that I could sew it up in a couple of hours, but it took about twice that, of course the second time around it would go a lot smoother and would be a lot quicker of a project. I'm sure that I'll be making more of these in the future.

The Ripples in Time from Inspired Cable Knits is currently on my needles. It’s a little slow going since it is in such fine yarn. I like the way it is knitting up, but some how I got a little off track and the sleeves seem to be two different lengths. Now I need to decide which one is right and rip the other one back.

Finishing touches

I finished this sweater a quite a while ago, but until last night it was missing it's buttons. Now it looks just right for my dd (other than she needs to grow a quite a bit before it will fit). The details of the sweater are here.