Jen's Popperie

In honor of my cousin Kimberly's new little girl on the way, I knit up this little dress this week. It is taken from Louisa Harding's Natural Knits for Babies and Moms. I used Lion Brand Cotton Ease. It was a really nice yarn to work with. It took just one week, a couple of long car rides to and from Oklahoma City. Here are a couple of more views. I will have to make another of these...although the smallest size came out a little larger than expected. She'll just have to grow into it. I can't wait to see a pic of it on her! Congrats Kim & Garrett!

It has been baby time lately, and I have been busy with the knitting. Out of Debbie Bliss' Quick baby knits, I knit some baby booties for someone at school who is expecting a little boy quite soon. I used the pattern from her "Sweater and Booties with Picot Edge" (minus the picot edge). I thought it may be a bit too froo froo for a boy. I was also inspired to try to change this pattern later and adapt it to fit into another pattern that I saw on ravelry. We'll see if I can pick it apart. My goal is to be able to create some of my own patterns, but I have to learn to pick apart patterns first, and knit enough so that I know what I need to do in order to achieve the look that I want.

I also knit up and adapted a hat pattern (by adding some seed stitch stripes). Go alliteration go! I've got to get back to taking photos in day light!