Earthtones Girl

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  It was Kira’s first and I think we spent more time taking pictures of her then we did eating.  There is something so camera worthy about sweet potatoes in a baby’s hair. 

And thanks to everyone that commented on my last post.   As the Knight in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade said, “You’ve chosen wisely”…and I have.   I chosen my friends very wisely.

Now finally some knitting (and more pictures of the girl).  I made these two little  hats a few weeks ago, just didn’t get around to posting them.  The sweetness factor is super high, like cavity inducing high…you’ve been warned.

Pattern: Chocqua

Source: Baby Beanies: Happy Hats to Knit for Little Heads by Amanda Keeys

Yarn:  1/2 skein each of, Aurora 8,  and Zara (had both in my stash, and don’t remember the color numbers)

Needles #7

As I mentioned below, this yarn needs to be knit at a tighter gauge…it was stretched out in no time.   But still cute, cute, cute!

And  here she is in her Aviatrix Baby Hat.  This is the fastest project I’ve ever made.  I know it’s small but it just went super quick.  Very clever design.

Is it me or is my daughter just edible?

I couldn’t quite get the pose I wanted so check out the still-life below.

Pattern: Aviatrix Baby Hat (a free Raverly download)

Yarn: Karabella Aurora 8, Merlot #2, 1 skein (98 yards)

Needles: #7

Thoughts:  Love the pattern, love the hat, love the yarn but after about two or three wearings it started to get a bit stretched out.  Especially the neck-band.  As with the other hat this yarn is just way to soft and needs a smaller needle or rather knit at a tighter gauge.  I would try a 6 or even a 5 next time.  For now as a quick fix I just ripped a few rows out of the neck-band and it fit snug again. 

In terms of modifications, I knit all the wraps on the short rows and also didn’t double them up as written in the pattern but staggered them.  It was way to messy looking without that change.

This a great baby gift, quick, easy, inexpensive and it looks sooo fancy and complicated.

Just finishing up a jacket for her so I’ll post that one soon.  And I’ll leave a hint about my project…