Posts tagged hat

About a month ago, I knit some longies for a lovely mama out of Elliebelly’s “Sistine Chapel” colorway on Blue Faced Leicester.  The yarn was spectacularly yummy.

There was a lot of question as to what trim color to pick.  There are a lot of colors in there!  But I found that some colors blended a little TOO well with colorway and made for a washed out look.  I took the yarn to my LYS and the lovely woman there helped me find this wine-colored Cascade 220.  It went GREAT with the yarn, and really made the colors POP.

It was about this time that the mama I knit these for found out she was expecting another baby!  She asked if I could use the leftover yarn to make matching newborn sized longies.  But of course!

They turned out darling and just as beautiful as their toddler sized counterparts.  What a lucky new little baby that will be!

And I couldn’t resist taking a picture of the two pairs together.  I can’t wait to see action shots of these pants, side by side!

And if that weren’t enough newborn cuteness, I also offered up my services to knit a lovely brand-new mama (for the first time!) a little set for the bean she is expecting here in several months.  The longies and matching hat were knit on Dashing Dachs’ “Oyster Rock” colorway, on Stallion Merino yarn.  Very soft and thick and perfect for a newborn baby!

The hat was knit with the ever fabulous and versatile “Holly Hat” pattern that I now fully and truly swear by.  I plan to make about a bazillion of these for Christmas presents!  Quick and easy and very cute.  Plus, she has instruction for all sizes!  Sweet!

And again, here is the whole set together.  And yet again, I cannot wait to see action shots.  Who can resist newborn fluff?  Since I will be having no more newborns around here, I have to live vicariously through others, you know!

That’s all for now!  Look for an update tomorrow that has some super cute things that will be for SALE this week! (Yes, I’m actually selling something I’ve already knit!)