Baby Hat

Stash busting. Made a hat for baby to match Daddy's scarf!

METHOD:
I made this from leftover yarn from Daddy's Dr. Who scarf. I couldn't find dpns in the size I needed, so I sort of rigged up two circulars to do what I needed. It was not an elegant solution, but it worked.

AND WHAT DID WE LEARN?
1. Babies grow like crazy fast, so I don't think he got to wear this but once.

Magazines and Missing Issues - for my notes

Cast On

• Feb-Apr 2006
• missing May-July 2006
• Aug-Oct 2006
• Nov 06-Jan 07
• Feb-Apr 07
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• Aug-Oct 07
• Nov 07-Jan 08
• Feb-Apr 08
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• Aug-Oct 08
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• Aug-Oct 09
• Nov 09-Jan 10
• Feb-Apr 10
• May-Jul 10
• Aug-Oct 10
• Missing Nov 10-Jan 11
• Feb-Apr 11
• May0Jul 11
• Aug-Oct 11

Creative Knitting

• Jan 06
• Mar 06
• May 06
• July 06
• Sep 06
• Nov 06
• Jan 07
• Mar 07
• May 07
• Missing July 07
• Sep 07
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• Jan 08
• Mar 08
• May 08
• Jul 08
• Sep 08
• Nov 08

Interweave Knits

• Spring 06
• Summer 06
• Fall 06
• Holiday 06
• Winter 06
• Spring 07
• Summer 07
• Fall 07
• Missing Holiday 07
• Winter 07
• Spring 08
• Summer 08
• Fall 08
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• Spring 10
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Knit N Style

• June 06
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Knit Simple

• Spring/Summer 06
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• Missing Fall 07
• Holiday 07
• Winter 07-08
• Spring/Summer 08
• Fall 08
• Holiday 08
• Winter 08-09
• Spring/Summer 09
• Fall 09

Knitters Magazine

• Issues 82-87

Vogue Knitting

• Winter 05-06
• Spring/Summer 06
• Fall 06
• Holiday 06
• Winter 06-07
• Spring/Summer 07
• Missing Fall 07
• Missing Holiday 07
• Missing Winter 07-08
• Missing Spring/Summer 08
• Fall 08
• Holiday 08
• Winter 08-09
• Spring/Summer 09
• Fall 09
• Holiday 09
• Winter 09-10
• Spring/Summer 10

Knit It Magazine

• Fall 2006
• Spring 2007

Knit Scene

• Spring 2007

Finally Organized my Stash!

OMG it took me like 5 hours, but I finally organized my stash and got it all listed in Ravelry. Now I have to find photos of everything. But that's for later -- next up is to make sure my pattern library is current with the library list I have in Ravelry, and to check the magazines for baby and toddler patterns I like. Eventually I'd like to actually do some knitting again...

Clearing out what was the "sewing room" and making it into a nursery meant that fabric and yarn were everywhere. Organizing it in the hall closet was the best thing I think I could ever accomplish, although I think this is a result of nesting, and I'm sure there were other things that needed doing. Still, it's done.

OMG I'M PREGNANT! Baby Jacket

OMG the cuteness!! I have a baby!!!

I started this project April 1, 2011 after finding out a couple of weeks prior that I was PREGNANT! No more making baby blankets as gifts - now I can knit for my own baby!! I joined all the "Expectant Knitters" groups on Ravelry and now I have a long list of projects to make, but this one was queued up first. My due date is November 10, so I'm planning some warm fuzzies for baby!

METHOD:
This project is called "Adorable Baby Hoodie" and it came from Creative Knitting, May 2008. The yarn is Sugar N Cream in Violet Veil Ombre and it was worked on size 8 needles. I added yellow buttons so as to not have blue overkill but either purple or yellow would have worked. Baby is a boy!

AND WHAT DID WE LEARN?
1. As usual, the hardest part was finishing the silly thing.
2. WTF is up with these Creative Knitting patterns? They have so much weirdness to them. What is up with the hood???
3. Working from a schematic is so much easier than just instructions. Remember that for your next project!