Sun hat

After finishing any project I usually have to take a day off from knitting to recharge. So after finishing my sweater I decided I wanted something quick and spontaneous. So I sat down and cast on for a baby-sized sun hat! I followed the basic hat pattern from LMKG and then found an adult-sized pattern online that had a brim... did a little fudging, added some ties, and came up with this!

What do you think? I had my snow-globe model it for you all just as the sun was going down. LOL, its a bit rounder than a baby's head but you get the idea!

Anyway it was a cute quick project that gave me a bit of a break. Now I've moved onto the Baby's Denim Drawstring Pants from LMKG. I'll post photos of my progress later!

Sweater Success

After a couple afternoons of marathon knitting and two days of seaming, I have finally finished my first ever sweater! :)

It's far from perfect but I don't care. I'm happy with it! It was not only also my first time doing intarsia but knit from my very own intarsia chart too. There are some wonky bits where there were small holes I had to patch up while weaving in my ends but I just keep telling myself nobody will notice when there's a cute baby inside it. Right?

The seaming was a major pain in the you-know-what but I supposeit was good practice. If I were to make this sweater again I would definitely do the turtleneck bit in the round. I really hate the way the big bulky seam looks there! I would go back and re-work it now but I don't have dpns or circs in the right size. Ah well! Look at the beautiful arm and shoulder seams here.. not bad for a first timer, eh? (Ok, I'll stop stoking my own ego now...)

And of course the finished product. I have no idea what I'll be knitting next. Maybe some baby booties? I have some light blue Simply Soft from Caron that I could work into another sweater perhaps. Hmm...

Updates

I've finally started knitting my first baby sweater. My first sweater ever actually! It's the Sweetheart Pullover from Knitting For Baby. I'm doing it in Caron Simply Soft in sage green. The pattern originally includes an intarsia heart (along with instructions how to also do it in seed stitch or leave it out altogether) but since we don't yet know what this baby is I've decided to do a star instead. A heart just seemed too girly.

So! Once I finish the second sleeve I'll be ready for my first voyage into the world of intarsia. I've already photoshopped some knitting graph paper and drawn out the star chart. Hopefully the actual knitting won't prove to be too hard!

In baby news, I recently had my 20 week ultrasound. The little munchkin decided to be shy that day so we weren't able to find out the sex. I go in again in a few weeks, so keep your fingers crossed s/he decides to cooperate next time! But we did get some nice face pictures. Enjoy!


Baby's face in 4d:

Baby's fist by his/her mouth:

Baby's chin, shoulder, and hand: