Baby sweaters. Yes. Plural.

So I didn't get too much done over the Holidays. But what little I did get done on the wrap sweater looks important. :P
I've joined the shoulders, made a few rows progress on the 2nd sleeve, and most importantly, I'm about halfway done with the pink trim.



I also started on another... just because I couldn't resist doing SOMETHING with the lovely fuzzy yarn I picked up for $.99 a skein. This one is straight from the book One Skein Wonders.

It's another baby sweater, button up style. I believe the name of the pattern is One Skein Wonder Baby Cardigan... or something similar. *shrugs*

I'm a little iffy on the fuzzy yarn. While it feels lovely... it's awfully fuzzy, and I'm wondering about the wisdom of using it for a baby item. Hopefully she won't try to eat it.

Baby Wrap Sweater Progress Picture

I'm proud of myself :P
It's looking like a sweater now...


What you see here is 1 finished sleeve, 1 unfinished sleeve, and a body that needs to be sewn together and have the pink edging added like is on the sleeves.


*is excited about being this close to finishing*

12 days of Christmas

Redneck Style!

*waves to all the family back home*

Baby Wrap Sweater - Updated with sleeve and edging edits

I started out making the Baby Yoda Sweater. By the time I finished the back, the entire pattern had changed in my brain and become a lovely frilly thing with ribbon ties and pink trim.
I'm just wanting to see what some more advanced knitters think of it... and if anybody has a baby girl to knit for I would be eternally grateful if someone would work it up and see how it turns out for them. I'm making it myself too, but as I wrote out the pattern as it appears here, of course it makes sense to me...

Supplies:
size 6 straight needles
size 9 straight needles
size 9 circular needles (optional)

Yarn:
1 skein Caron Simply Soft in MC (Chocolate)
1 skein Caron Simply Soft in CC (Baby Pink)
1 yard 1" wide ribbon to match CC yarn, cut in 2 peices of equal length.


Front Left
Using smaller needles, cast on 36. K Rows 1-4
Row 5 & all odd rows- K
Row 6 & all even rows- P
Row 32- P 34, turn
Row 33 and all remain odd rows- K
Row 34- P 32, turn
Continue decreasing 2 st each P row by means of short rows.
End with Row 56- P 10, turn.
Bind off 10 remain st on left needle knitwise and transfer 26 on right needle to stitch holder.

Front Right
Cast on 36. K Rows 1-4
Row 5 & all odd rows- K
Row 6 & all even rows- P
Row 33- K 34, turn.
Row 34 and all remain even rows- P
Row 35- K 32, turn
Continue decreasing 2 st each K row by means of short rows.
End with Row 56- P 10, turn.
Bind off 10 st and transfer remain 26 to stitch holder.

Back
Cast on 40. K rows 1-4
Odd rows 5-55 K
Even Rows6-56 P
After P row 56, turn.
Bind off 10 st, transfer 20 st to stitch holder, bind off 10 remain st.

Sleeves
Using larger needles cast on 40 in CC.
K 6 rows in 1x1 rib.
Row 7: *K2tog, repeat to end of row- 20 st remain.
Row 8: P
Switch to smaller needle and MC yarn for Row 9.
Row 9 (RS): increase one st at each edge.
Continuing in st st, increase one st at each edge every 4th row until there are 36 sts.
36 st will be on row 37.
Work straight to row 50.
Bind off.

Finishing
Sew shoulder seams.
Attach sleeves and sew up side seams and sleeve seams, leaving 1" gap in side seams even with corners where decreases begin on front panels.

Edging
Using larger needle (use circular needle if needed for flexibility) and CC, pick up 30 st on front left edge, Pick up 4 at the corner, move the 26 stitches from front left holder to needle.
Move the 20 stitches from back neck to needle.
Move the 26 st from front right holder to needle, Pick up 4 at the corner pick up 30 st from front right edge.
This leaves 140 st on needle.
P back to starting point.
K in front and back of each st.
K 6 rows in 1x1 rib.
Bind off loosely.

Attach ribbon by sewing on even with where decreases began on front panels.
Pull free end of right ribbon through gap on left side.
Layer left side over right and tie ribbons in back.

Spiders On Drugs

LMAO.... I so thought this was real... until the THC spider built a hammock.

A view out my bedroom window...

Of SNOW!

Okay, actually it's sleet and ice... And why I'M not driving today. Unlike this nutcase.




This lovely weather is supposed to continue tomorrow and early Tuesday as well.

Christmas Cards

I decide this year I was going to make my Christmas cards. And I have been having a BLAST!
Wrapping paper, glitter, ribbon... oh my!
Seriously though... I got a pack of like 50 blank cards. I think I'm going to make them all up, and pack away the ones I don't use to be sold next year. Or maybe make the rest into Valentine's cards to be sold this year...

Anybody interested in purchasing hand-crafted greeting cards?

http://sberryfashions.etsy.com

My little shop of goodies will be open soon...

Fascinated...

Moebius Transformations Revealed

Baby movements...

A friend told me the other day,
"You know, she has hands too. It's not all kicks."
And that got me to thinking.
How do you really tell the difference?
When baby is about the size of a 1 lb bag of coffee beans, her little hands and feet are bound to feel pretty similar. I mean, I have noticed differences. Like sometimes it will be a sharp, sudden, thwack, like she elbowed me. But as little as she is... couldn't that be just a punch or kick too? But if that is a punch or kick, what's the strange fluttery feeling like having a fish in my belly? I've pretty much figured out the teacup sized pushing is probably her head or butt, depending on which way she's moving. I just wish I could see through there, like with x-ray vision or something, so I could see what the little twerp is really doing when she's keeping me awake.

A Milestone...

Kahlan was kicking so hard last night I could see it. So I sat the remote on my stomach.
When Rickey asked why I was laughing I told him to come watch, and she kicked again.
Not hard enough to make it fall off, but hard enough to see it move noticeably.

I'm still laughing remembering it... She's just to much fun right now...
I push on my stomach, and she will push back, or roll over, or give me a good sharp kick.
None of the kicks hurt yet, mostly they just tickle.