No, not our little one, who needs to cook another couple of weeks, but the new owner of this set:

Pattern: Dumb Baby Sweater from “Knitting in Plain English”
Yarn: Rowan Wool Cotton in “Elf”
Needles: Addi Turbos 3.25mm

Welcome to the world baby Jasper.

Pattern: Loosely based on the Debbie Bliss Simple Hat, at a finer gauge, in the round, with a moss stitch band.
Yarn: Rowan Wool Cotton in “Elf”
Needles: Addi Natura 3.25mm DPNs and circ

Pattern: Loosely based on the Debbie Bliss Simple Hat, at a finer gauge, in the round, with a moss stitch band. Flower from Rowan Junior.
Yarn: Debbie Bliss Wool Cotton n colour 125600 (dusky pink)
Needles: 3.25mm Addi Natura DPNs

I tried this one on Baby Born too, but it was even more ridiculus than Baby Shedir so I had to make do with a balloon…

Alternate titles for this post:

“Just like crochet - with two needles and no hook…” OR “Best flower pattern ever”

“Oh my god I only had to knit two to get a pair!”

And finally: “If only we had light like this at home…”

Pattern: Moss Stitch Shoes from baby knits for beginners by Debbie Bliss.
Yarn: Debbie Bliss Wool Cotton in colour 125600 (dusky pink)
Needles: 2.75mm Pony Rosewood DPNs (used as straights)

This time I decided to cast off less stitches for the ankle opening instead of adding a strap. Not having a baby handy to try them on I have no idea if this was a good idea or not but I like how they look. And I can’t tell you how excited I was when the second one matched the first - given the tension problems I have had with these shoes in the past.

One day I will get the length before the decreases right. Usually I start decreasing too soon, this one just seems really long… At least there will be plenty of room for a nice big flower if I have enough yarn left over! Working on the shoes now.

And how cute is this?

It’s a sure sign the weather is changing when the cats start getting into the dog’s bed.

Pattern: Loosely based on the Debbie Bliss Simple Hat, different gauge, in the round, with a moss stitch band. Star from Knitty’s Hipster pattern.
Yarn: Hat in Rowan All Seasons Cotton “Dim”. Star in Debbie Bliss Cashmerino scraps - shade 340503.
Needles: 4.5mm Addi circs, 4.5mm Bamboo DPNs

Thanks for all your kind words on the first star/frog, unfortunately it didn’t look enough like either of those things to leave it as it was. As is so often the case Knitty came to my rescue with a chart for one very cute star. Plastic needle in hand I managed to have some semi knitting fun on the plane to Hobart Thursday night, I finished it off in the hotel room while Jesse was out hunting for some dinner. Using a finer weight yarn for duplicate stitch is less than ideal and there are some brown bits peeking through but I am happy enough with the result.

This is a wonderfully simple hat pattern, easy to churn out and a very cute result. However, I am still struggling with the question of how much hat to knit before starting the decreases, I think this one may be a little short, and yet it seemed so alarmingly long at the time. I think I may try for 11 or 12cm next time. And yes I am sure there will be a next time! I am starting to wonder if baby hats are more my thing than socks.

So I went in search of patches for the hat and they had some really great ones for little girls, not so much for boys. I hear mothers of boys complain about this all the time - how limited the clothes and pattern choices are for boys - but this is my first personal experience with the problem. I did buy two just in case. but I don’t love either of them and I am going to have another try at the duplicate stitch star, then a crochet star before trying one of the patches on the hat.

The upside of the shopping expedition was finding a bra! Generally speaking my skin does not respond well to lace so I only bought one in case I react badly, but none the less I am excited by the possibility that it might work. I have to say bras are one of those things I would rather buy than knit.

Julia is right, some times projects sneak up on you.

Some new(ish) friend’s had a little boy this week. I hadn’t planned to try and knit him anything because, well, we haven’t known them that long and I am not exactly churning out the knits at the moment. But when the father calls you personally less than three hours after the baby is born how can you not knit?

As you can see my first attempt at a star leaves something to be desired. Well actually maybe you can’t in this photo, but trust me it’s not good - Jesse thinks it looks like a frog. I am thinking about crocheting a star and sewing it on, buying a patch of some kind to sew on, or trying to make a decent star chart and giving the duplicate stitch another go. What do you think?