Back in the groove

It's nice to be back in the groove of knitting again! After getting Christmas stuff out of the way, I have had several baby items to make (so many friends having babies! Must be something in the water???)....

For my friend from high school Sarah, who is having a baby girl ANY DAY now, I sent her this hat and bootie set:

 

Pattern:  Hat pattern   Bootie pattern (Rav link)

Next up, one of my coworkers and his wife were also due to have a baby girl (she is born now!) so Cynthia and I collaborated to make a hat and booties (she did the booties) out of some fun orange yarn:

Pattern: Aston hat

Third in line is another one of my high school friends, Becca, who is having a baby boy in March! We just had her baby shower this last weekend, so I got these things together:

Booties:   Garter stitch booties  (used some mods from ravelry)
Sweater:  Felix's cardigan

I also threw in a couple of bibs for Becca as well:

Pattern: Sideways Garter Stitch Bib (rav link)

Pattern: I love stockinette baby bib  (rav link)

WHEW! I have a couple other bibs but I haven't gifted them yet (for 2 other friends who have already had their babies). It's the same garter stitch sideways bib as the solid blue one above, only I cast on less stitches and used small scraps of different colored cotton I had lying about. It makes for a cute bib and a good use for all the tiny balls of cotton I have!

Anyway I think that's enough for now! Will post again soon with some charity knitting and something I just cast on for Norah :)

Christmas recap!

Before we get any further into the new year, I finally recapping the Christmas knitting I squeaked in last minute! Mostly I ended up making things for my family, since they are the hardest to buy things for.


My brother has recently moved into a house with a friend, so as sort of a "housewarming" gift I knitted up a quick dishcloth (Ravelry link)

For my mom I wanted a "cowl" type scarf. I still need to add a button to it so she can wear it wrapped around her neck twice, and then fastened with the button, but I really like the open lacy feel of this pattern! (Ravelry link)

Finally I whipped up some quick simple slippers (almost like house socks) for my dad! I held 2 different yarns together and I think it turned out pretty well! (Ravelry link)

Here's to another great year of knitting!!!! I will leave you all with a picture of my 3 MONTH old baby girl... she's getting so big already :-)