Many people who know me know how nuts my schedule has been for many years. They also know how much I still somehow manage to accomplish. Take, for instance, how much I still manage to crochet. Or even that somewhere in this nutty schedule I keep, I have still somehow managed to meet a new friend who has been teaching me, and others, to knit. I can't thank her enough for helping me get beyond the few little things that were proving to be roadblocks to me learning this skill.
So now, I have to show you the slipper. As a learning tool, our teacher had given us a simple slipper pattern and set us loose. She told us to use larger needles so that we could see our stitches while we were learning, so I did. I think mine may have been too large. It was far too large for any human foot I've ever seen. This slipper, when shown to my darling husband, was referred to as a "bowling pin cozy". Equally, my darling middle daughter K stated that it was a "wine bottle cozy". Not what I was going for, obviously. :) So now that my very first completed knit piece has been photographed for posterity, I will likely be frogging it to reclaim the yarn. I think the colors will make a wonderful hat to add to the bag of little things I plan to donate to the hospital.
These are pictures of a layette that I made for this little lady prior to her birth, some time ago. The layette also included a pair of booties and an afghan. I hear a picture of her with the afghan, which I am told she sleeps with now at nearly 2-years-old, is forthcoming.
I think my work just added a little enhancement to an obvious cutie!
I used my Samsung Blackjack, which is a rather large cell phone, as a size comparison for the hat. This one is intended for a preemie.
The pattern for this one is at Lion Brand's Web site, called Queen of Hearts Preemie / Newborn Hat. I decided to make it in a single color, omitting the instructions to change colors. And I used my favorite Bernat Baby Coordinates yarn. No surprise that I have left-overs in that brand. ;) The pom-pom was made with a Bucilla ® Doodle-Loom ® Tool Kit which I picked up at Hobby Lobby using one of my e-mail coupons to save 40%.
Coming Soon: The very first complete knit baby afghan!!
So now, I have to show you the slipper. As a learning tool, our teacher had given us a simple slipper pattern and set us loose. She told us to use larger needles so that we could see our stitches while we were learning, so I did. I think mine may have been too large. It was far too large for any human foot I've ever seen. This slipper, when shown to my darling husband, was referred to as a "bowling pin cozy". Equally, my darling middle daughter K stated that it was a "wine bottle cozy". Not what I was going for, obviously. :) So now that my very first completed knit piece has been photographed for posterity, I will likely be frogging it to reclaim the yarn. I think the colors will make a wonderful hat to add to the bag of little things I plan to donate to the hospital.
