I realised recently that I had very little by way of completed knitted things for this baby and spurred on by a request for a pair of bootees for a friend, I knocked these little sets out. First up we have this little set which is being sent to Sam.

Here’s a close-up of the elephant pattern

And then there are these sets that I made for my own little baby

The bootees are all knit from the Saartje’s bootees pattern (link to pdf file), Sam’s hat and the stripy hat are both knit from the Handle hat pattern (link to pdf file) and the red hat is the Vine lace baby hat. All of these patterns are available free – isn’t the internet a wonderful thing?!

Posted under for the kids, knitting

I’ve had the Oliver+S lazy days skirt pattern bookmarked for six months. Six months! I have no idea why I hadn’t tried it before now but there you go, as I’ve mentioned before I don’t have much (any!) faith in myself when it comes to creating things but I’m fairly happy with the way this has come out.

I made it to fit my little daughter but unfortunately the elastic I used for the waistband is a bit too stretchy so I’m waiting on some heavier-duty stuff coming so I can get this on her. With my new-found faith in my sewing machine I’m going to make her whole wardrobe! Or, maybe not The fabric has been in my stash for aeons, it’s a Robert Kaufman print and I really had to make something with it. I did this last night over a couple of hours watching Dancing on Ice, so it’s a very quick little project to finish. The ironing took longer than anything else!

I thought I’d blogged these items too, but apparently not! My lovely friend Eileen had a baby just after New Year and I made the Vine Lace baby hat (free pattern link) and a pair of Saartje’s bootees (free link – pdf pattern) for her new daughter. I finally finished sewing the buttons on the bootees last night so I’ve popped these into the post today. I just hope they still fit!

Did you all have a nice weekend? I hope you were suitably spoiled on Saturday! I shall return tomorrow with some newly dyed wool for your delectation and maybe some baking too.

Posted under for the kids, knitting, sewing, with the kids