more bibs

More cotton bibs. Friends keep having babies, so I keep knitting bibs. We've tested them for washability and sturdiness (usually unintentionally) and they hold up great!

wee hat for baby

Same hat as the one for CF (who, by the way, has been born and is a little boy named Charlie). Made out of a washable cotton/wool blend - very sweet.

More stuff for CF

I just loved this green yarn (Bernat Satin - Palm) - I used every last scrap of it and added a hat and set of booties to go with the blanket. The hat is another mock cable - so in love with this stitch, as well.

Blankie for CF

CF is Kelly's in-utero baby who will be here any minute. I started a different blanket for him (her) but I wasn't thrilled with it so I started this new one which I love. The stitch is a "mock cable" - achieved with a Left Twist.

The babies are coming!

How did it get to be April so quickly? The army of newborns will soon be upon us - and I've only finished one blanket. I've started quite a few - but only one DONE! So I need to work on that! I've been distracted by my new stash of cotton (thanks Joann's for having a kick backside sale!) - 6 new bibs ready to be laundered. There would be more but I've tried to be creative with the stitches AND use the new Vogue Knitting Book - which is already jacketless and scuffed up so that it looks like it's been in use for decades.

We have our big spring Penn State event (Blue White spring football scrimmage) in 2.5 weeks - I had plans to have made some new accessories for Suz and me - but nothing yet. boo hoo.

Oh, and I (finally) figured out that Creative Knitting is not a monthly periodical - every 2 months - how cruel. Can't they test patterns more quickly!

I need to take some more pix of the projects (the fun fur ducklings are really cute!) to share.

Bibbity Boo

The next set of bibs have been laundered and finished. Not sure if I mentioned it - but we've added another expectant mother to the already long list of new/on the way babies. So there are more bibs to be made.

Baby afghan #1 - DONE!

Okay, once again, I still have to weave in the ends, of which there are many - only a few done so far. I am extremely happy with the finished product/pattern. I was way too over eager to finish the blanket this weekend - now I have nothing to take to the knitalong - brilliant!

The photo is from when I had about 6 zig-zags to go.

Oh, and the yarn order came - finished Suz' throw - love it. Now I need to devise a pattern for a matching pillow with the yarn I have remaining.

Baby Bibs

The baby bib extravaganza has begun. The first 3 have been gifted - Suzanne gave them to a co-worker and, reportedly, they were a big hit.

Suzanne bought a pile of cute buttons (the fastener for the adjustable strap).