One of the first questions I've been asked when friends find out about the baby is if I've been doing any baby knitting.
I have, but none of it for our baby yet!
Within my circle of friends there's plenty of babies on the way. First there was a baby born just last month, another one born just last week, one due in May, four due in July, three due in August and then me! So guess whose baby knitting will happen last?
(And that's not including the knits I have to do for up-coming designs.)
I do have plans to make a blanket for this little one, though.
Both patterns by Jared Flood of Brooklyn Tweed
I've ordered the yarn and will decide when it arrives which one it suits best. This will be a special blanket made with special yarn, but more about that when the yarn gets here.
(I'm expecting it to take around two months as it's coming from the US and was a special limited edition colourway dyed to order.)
But, knowing myself and my uselessness at getting around to things I figured a quicker knit would ensure this baby isn't born without anything handknit by me. So I spent some time on Ravelry looking at booties and sock patterns, favourited a whole heap but decided on none!
The other problem appeared when I went through my stash - I've really only got either girl colours (funny that!), bright colours (think frog-green) or dark colours (grey & black). Yarn shopping might be in order, I think!
So, anyone got suggestions for quick baby knits (links are great!) and what are good newborn neutral colours (we're not planning on finding out the sex)?
I like plain, but modern and don't really like a lot of garter stitch. And crochet booties or hats are great too!
Ever heard of Three Irish Girls?
It's a yarn dyeing company based in the States and I love the way Sharon, the owner/dyer-extrodinaire, has it set up. You get to pick from a choice of yarn bases and have it dyed in a choice of colourways. And I mean a choice!
There are currently 14 different yarn bases to choose from, ranging from fingering weight to bulky, including superwash, non-superwash, sock and even a silk merino yarn! And there are currently 84 (yes, I counted them!) different colourways to choose from, including semi-solids and variegated. How do you choose with that much choice!?
Doesn't the photography just make you want to buy some?
So, why am I telling you all this? Well, it's because sometime at the end of last year I saw a call out for design submissions to be included in their new 'Lookbook' (a publication that showcases their new colourways including a range of patterns that are available for purchase through their website - click the link to browse through the last one, it's gorgeous!) And can you guess what I did?
Yep, I submitted a design! But not just one, I submitted three and two of them were accepted! So more crazy deadline-designing/knitting will ensue.
Though I won't be able to tell you anything about the designs (I can say that they're children designs and one is a girl pattern and the other is a boy/unisex pattern) until the new Lookbook is released. Or even show you the yarn when it arrives as it will be a new colourway! I think the Lookbook will be released sometime around or after July, so I will let you know about it all then.
PS. Don't forget to check back for the last instalment of 'Exciting News' coming soon!
In case you haven't noticed, it's that festive time of year again.
Which means that the girls are on holiday and I have a-million-and-one things to do and organise before J's three week holiday period off work.
During any school holidays, most of my time is spent juggling between entertaining the girls and finding babysitters for them so I can still work and internet time is always the first to suffer as it's really not that important (then the housework - it's about as unimportant isn't it?)
So please forgive me if I seem a bit absent from this space for the next month or so. Though I do have several things I've made lately that I plan on posting about when I can, as well as a new design I released earlier this month.
I hope you all have a great family time this Christmas and, if you don't hear from me sooner, I'll see you all again in the new year!
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