The good news of course is that I just love knitting baby stuff. A project that you can see the end of, now that, I really like! So I've parked the making of my rose jumper for the time being so I can concentrate on making tiny, oh-so-cute, baby clothes.
First on the list was a set for my friend and colleague Marta who is expecting a baby boy.
I started with a little pullover from the book "Baby knits for beginners" by Debbie Bliss. I can highly recommend this book to anyone who's a novice knitter, all the projects are clearly explained and the book is arranged in such a way that you learn a new technique with each project. It's definitely become one of my references in baby knits.
But back to my pullover. I picked an organic cotton yarn in cream and light blue. I tend to avoid wool for babies because I'm concerned about skin allergies. Organic cotton is soft, it's eco-friendly and it's easy to wash, something most young mums tend to appreciate.
When I was done knitting the little pullover, I had lots of yarn left so I decided to knit a matching hat, using a pattern from the same book. That was a super quick knit, I pretty much did it all in the car, on the way to Dover. By the time we were boarding the ferry, I was finished.
And when the hat was done and I still had a fair amount of yarn left, I decided to knit a pair of matching socks. I had to divert from the pattern in the book here, because I just can't bring myself to knit socks on the flat so I adapted things a bit to knit them on double pointed needles. I had plenty of yarn for the socks but I found myself short on time. I had to finish the socks, and photograph them, in the car, on the way to my team meeting in London. The result is so cute though, it was worth the stress!
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