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the super sweet baby booties

Jess — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:09:13 +0000

When I found a friend was pregnant, I knew right away I was going to knit her something. She and her husband had been trying to get pregnant for several years and they are both beyond ecstatic that they are now expecting their first. When she found out she was having a boy, I was determined to knit her something that was cute and boyish and hopefully sporty but on the edge of trendy.

I found these booties and I made the colors just a little different. I wanted them to look more like socks. Cute boyish, sporty socks. And they turned out PERFECT.

Baby Blue Booties

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and they go perfect with the stocking cap I knit too.

just admit it, you are swooning over the booties and hat

le newborn stocking cap

Jess — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:13:45 +0000

I love newborn stocking caps.

I love how small and long they are. I love how when knit with the correct yarn, they produce such a fabulous drape. And the colors… definitely the colors. How you can use just about any color, or pairings of colors, and it looks great on ANY baby.

My most recent pairing is a simple blue and white. But I love it. And it will be perfect for a little boy due in August. I can’t wait to surprise his mom with it!

update – two projects

Jess — Sat, 09 May 2009 06:04:06 +0000

I spent very little time on my knitting and photography this past week. But with good reason. I’ve spent the past week living in a surreal world where I lost a close friend. Between mourning, healing and giving my support and sympathy to her family, I haven’t had time or the energy for much else. Now that things have calmed down, I’ve picked up my knitting and my camera and it feels good. I finally updated my ravelry with pictures of these two projects:

I knitted this hat about a month ago. It started with a simple ribbed brim

and it turned into this soft and warm wool hat.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE how the colorway worked out with this yarn. It is simply divine.

And then I have this project:

This was my first time knitting with Malabrigo yarn. I was warned I would get addicted. I was told it is a knitter’s crack yarn. I didn’t believe the warnings but alas, I am ADDICTED. But I’m going to be good and I’m going to just indulge when I need a soft yarn fix. Or I’m going to avoid buying it at all costs until I get through the stash of yarn I currently have. Whichever comes first
Anyways….
I wanted to knit a newborn stocking cap with the malabrigo yarn. This is how the hat started out.

I was semi happy with how the colorway was working out. I was informed of the weird pooling that can come about while knitting with the yarn, so I was relieved to see that it was working out pretty well for this hat.
And this is how the finished hat looks.

I still can’t get over how soft the yarn knits up and I like how the hat turned out. It was a stocking hat that was kicking and screaming for a tassel instead of a pom-pom.

Now I need a new project. And I have no idea what I want to knit up….

true love…

Jess — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 03:29:18 +0000

I have a secret and I hate holding back secrets. I hate keeping things from friends. Especially important things, like love. I am in love…. with Malabrigo. Yes, blog readers, I am confessing my love to a skein of yarn by the name of Mr.Malabrigo. He refuses to tell me his first name, tells me I won’t love him enough and I’ll drop him at the first glance of another soft wool yarn. I found him at the local LYS (local yarn store for the knitting impaired), not fully ready to commit but just browsing around, just seeing what skeins caught my eye. And there he was. Just waiting for me…. and I’m glad I took the chance.

He is so soft. so beautiful and knits like a dream. I never want to go back to another yarn, but I musn’t be greedy with the Malabrigo. He will be saved for special occasions. He will be saved for when I want to knit a treat.

No… I won’t be greedy But tonight, I will stay up and cherish my time knitting with him. Because after this project, he will be stashed away… for another day.