Nesting Craziness
Thursday, July 15, 2010 Edit This 0 Comments »I have not posted in forever...which doesn't mean that I haven't been going crazy making things for Braden's arrival. In fact, just the opposite. Although I have been spending a lot of time on the couch, in front of the TV, I have been able to keep my hands working! So, the week after school as out, I was in high nesting mode...I finished a TON of knitting and sewing projects...these are most of them, although there are a few more...but I have to take a few more photos!
Here is the matching hat to the little blue sweater that I knit for Braden earlier...finally done!
I am super excited that I found this cute little giraffe papoose on Raverly...although I kind of tweaked it and made it up how I wanted to. We are bringing this to the hospital...just in case it's cold, in July....sure! :)
Here is a little matching giraffe hat!
Jenny's good friend Angie was very generous with baby things that she is now handing down to all of us preggos....she gave us a green cozy boppy...and Jenny used some extra sheets from Braden's bedding to make a matching Boppy cover...go Rocket ships!
Here is Braden's baby quilt...full of rocket ships and stars. I figured Braden didn't need an entire bedding set, as they are super expensive, mass-produced, and they aren't supposed to have bumpers in their cribs anyway. So, I decided to make a quilt, part of the fabric coming from the fitted sheets that we picked out for Braden's nursery. Then, I found a bunch of matching fabric at the local quilt shop. I kind of made up the pattern, and cut away. After a few adjustments, I finally finished sewing. Grandma Kathy did the binding on the quilt, and it was finished! It's not necessarily "baby"ish, but he won't really notice, and probably won't use it until he's older anyway!
Poor Muggles...she has no idea what is coming her way! :) She plays with my yarn enough, so we had her try on one of my finished creations. I don't think she enjoyed it as much as she would have just enjoyed the actual ball of yarn!
There is really only one thing that I had decided that I didn't like knitting, and that was socks. However, baby socks, and this pattern, I'm ok with. Again, found it on ravelry...I think they are called "stay on baby socks" or something like that. Anyway, Using the self-patterning and self-striping sock yarn is great...they look fancier than they really are. And, they are quite elastic, so I am hoping that they stay on Braden's feet well enough. Here are 2 different colors, and 2 adaptations of the simple hat. They knit up very quickly. Funny enough, I have one more skein and some knitting needles packed in my hospital bag. We'll see if I actually feel like knitting while I'm in labor! But, you never know! I like to keep my hands busy, and we have no idea how long labor will take.
Fantastic burp cloths! My cousin, Kari, had some super cute burp cloths for her little guy and gal, so I thought I would make an attempt at them myself. They are made out of just a plain, cloth diaper. Then, I picked out some cute flannel fabric, cut it to fit over the center part, sewed it on, and added matching ribbon to line. Super quick and easy to do! And, we'll have some fun spit-up cloths as well!
Monkeys, stripes, dots and circus animals, how fun, and very little boy!
I think Braden will have plenty of hats to wear! Here's one for October! :) Happy Halloween!
Here is Braden's room. I could finally take a photo, after all of his baby gear was finally organized and put away! We are doing the rocket ship theme, so I thought I would paint him a little rocket ship and moon with some stars for his room.
For Braden's second cousin, Stella, I knit up another cute little sweater...here is how it turned out.
I love the little details along the collar edge. That's all for now...I have been busy with more, and will possibly get them on here before Braden comes, but we will see. I think it will be much more fun to have an actual model for everything!
