Peach Cuties
This week, I’ve got Jury Duty. I have no idea if I will be selected to sit on a jury, but I suspect I’ll get a lot of knitting done while waiting. I’m planning to take Big Christmas Gift #1 to work on; my goal is to finish a big chunk if not the whole thing.
Meanwhile, here’s a FO report. I decided to knit up a couple of cute, little pieces for my Knitter’s Virtual Vacation Swap downstream pal, blog-free Rachell, who’s expecting a baby in November.
These are knit with Panda Wool in the Saffron colorway. I chose this color because it was light and gender-neutral but not pastel or babyish.
The pattern gives instructions for the hat to be worked flat and then seamed. I hated the thought of a seam on a baby hat, so I knit it in the round. For the most part, it worked out well, but I mis-translated the garter border for the lace edging as stockinette. It doesn’t look too bad, and I made sure to match this ‘design feature’ on the booties.
These are the first bootees I’ve knit in this style. Admittedly, I never really was a fan of these squarish baby shoes because they remind me of Frankenstein. Now that I have completed a pair, I think they’re cute as heck.
(Ugh… these pictures are blurry in places. I didn’t notice when edited them, my eyeglasses must have been dirty!)
Pattern: “Boys Crown” by Beth Anne Paustian, Black Purl Designs: Sweet Child of Mine K1 Size: Infant Yarn: Panda Wool, 2209 Saffron, half-skein Needles: US 3 (3.25 mm) and US 2 (2.75 mm) Started: August 13, 2007 Completed: August 14, 2007
Pattern: “Cuffed Booties” by Beth Anne Paustian, Black Purl Designs: Sweet Child of Mine K1 Size: Infant Yarn: Panda Wool, 2009 Saffron, half-skein Needles: US 2 (2.75 mm) bamboo DPNs Started: August 15, 2007 Completed: August 16, 2007
Tags: baby, birds-eye, black-purl-designs, booties, crown, crystal-palace, lace, orange, panda-wool, saffron, secret-pal, swapbaby stuff, knitting |
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What a cute set! And you’re so right, a seam on a baby’s hat is definitely to be avoided.
Peach is tough to photograph well, isn’t it?
Cute stuff.
are you in HennCo? if so, be prepared to not get in with your knitting. (I took a trip with one of our office assistants, and the security guy wouldn’t let by with my knitting. which was odd - all I had on me was dpns in birch & bamboo. maybe it was the quantity of them? a set of 3s, 6s, and 11s. maybe I should clean out my bag…) maybe you’ll get lucky and security will let you by…
cute set!
Those are adorable! And I bet the Panda is great for baby knits. Good luck with jury duty!
Those are very sweet.
Very cute! Good luck with Jury Duty. I hope they let you bring your knitting in.
Yea - no knitting for my jury duty as well. What a waste of security (if you ask me..), hope it’s not too painful.
So cute! And what a lovely color!
How great that you’ll get all that knitting time. The baby set is adorable.
What a lucky baby!
Don’t you just love a good ‘design feature’?~! Tell me about knitting and jury duty… I’m up in early November.
O no jury duty. Good luck with that. I always love booties pattern. They are always so cute to photograph. I think the color is very lovely.