Drawstring Pants

I liked the pair I made Chloe last year so much that I just finished a second pair of the Baby's Drawstring Pants from LMKG. I knit these from the top down this time to avoid the headaches I had trying to work the legs into the diaper area last time. MUCH, much easier the second time around. Knit with Caron Simply soft.. they only took me about a week to finish.



I knit them at a smaller gauge than the label called for, hoping to make a more durable fabric. Since you know.. toddlers fall down. A lot. Chloe wore them outside to play today and they seem like they'll hold up fairly well.

I also knit up another cloche to give to a neighbor for her 7 month old baby. I love the pattern! It's so easy and the slim little hat is just right for cool fall weather.

I think I'll take a few days break from knitting now. Not sure what will jump on the needles next!

Multidirectional Scarf

Another FO! I'm on a roll. :-)

This time I made something for myself. Can't remember the last time I did that! I dug out a skein of TLC Essentials in Falling Leaves that I purloined from MIL's stash last year. I love, love the colors but had no idea what to do with just 130-ish yards of it. Then I remembered someone mentioning that multidirectional knitting is fab to show off color changes in variegated yarn.. so I thought, why not?

I used the ubiquitous Multidirectional diagonal scarf pattern. Here's the end result:


The colors are a bit more muted in person. I like it and it was a nice easy knit. It ended up just the right length too. Go me.

Next up, a pair of baby bell bottoms for Chloe to sport this fall. Stay tuned!