Hmmm … I need to rethink this!

Posted on 02/24/2009 by Barb | Comments (4)
Filed under : Babies!, Knitting, Stash

I had a skein of Lorna’s Lace Tickled Pink fingering weight in my stash, and decided to make a little spring hat for Eva. No pattern of course, just making it up as I go. (Yep, because I’m just so very good at that ….)

“So just how big is a 6-month-old’s head,” I wondered, well into the project.

Dunno. So I googled it and found a helpful (I say “helpful” somewhat wryly since it’s now after the fact …) guide to sizing.

According to that, her head will be around 16-17 inches in circumference at six months, and require a hat height of about 6.5-7 inches. Height’s not a problem, at least not yet … but circumference …

… as you can see (and I can no longer be in denial about this), it’s going to be too small for her by the time the weather is warm enough here in Minnesota to do much strolling. Hrrumpf!

I’m thinking out loud here … if I tear this back to the eyelet row and decrease the number of stitches to half instead of a third for the crown, it should (hopefully) still have enough fullness around the scalloped edge for a little bit of a girly flared brim. Might be too big then, but if so, it could easily be tightened up by threading a ribbon through the eyelets. We’ll go with that for now and see what happens.

Oh, the suspense, the adventure …

(Gosh, if this is really my idea of high drama, I do need to get a life!)

Back in the game

Posted on 02/15/2009 by Andrea | Comments (1)
Filed under : Babies!, Knitting

After over a month, I have finally started knitting again. Babies are hard work, did you know that? Apparently I had no idea what I was in for.

So yesterday I finally went back to my knitting group and brought Eva.

Luckily she was sleepy and just napped in her stroller the whole time.

I cast on for the Buttony Sweater (Ravelry link) using some Rowan Plaid. This is more of a formula than a pattern, and it's a super simple top-down raglan. I think it's about at my intellectual capacity these days. Between the sleep deprivation and trying to learn how to take care of a baby, simple is good. Essential, even.

And I can't really post here without a gratuitous baby picture, can I?

She's one month old now and at just over 8 pounds, she's still not much bigger than most peoples' babies are when they're born. She was only 6 pounds 1 ounce at birth. So she's still way too small for everything that's been knit for her, with the exception of that little hat that my friend Megan whipped up for her a couple of weeks ago. So one of these days (or months, more likely), our little Eva is going to be a very well-dressed baby when her handknits finally fit her.