With the news that another set of friends are expecting their first baby, I've knitted another baby cardigan for their little one.  For the first time, I got button bands and collar just right, which delights me.  Since they live in North Carolina and the baby is expected in August, it's knitted in a 4ply cotton from Sirdar, which will hopefully ( Read more... )

This one was knitted and complete quite a while ago, but needed sewing up and a button afixed. However, I misread the instructions and ended up making it in the 12 month size.  I suppose I should hang on to it for a while!  (Although I'm almost getting to the stage of considering an Etsy store - fortunately baby clothes are VAT free, so there's no ( Read more... )

Well, I haven't been entirely idle, despite there having been a little while since my last post - that's mainly because I needed some buttons to sew on.  I've been learning to make cardigans - one was knitted from the top down and the other from the bottom upwards.  Both have delighted me in terms of learning how to shape with stitches, although ( Read more... )