Two new babies born this week to friends! Both caught me a bit off guard, so I am scrambling to get some quick baby projects finished.
For Baby Juniper - born June 7 (cool birthday - 6/7/08!), an Elizabeth Zimmerman February Sweater (aka Baby Sweater on Two Needles):
I made a quick trip to Needlework Unlimited yesterday to grab some yarn for this sweater. I had a beautiful scarlet or ruby wool/blend in mind, and found what seemed like the perfect yarn after poking through several bins and shelves. However, as I was casting on I realized that there was no way this slippery, splitty yarn was wool. Checked the label & sure enough it the fiber content is listed as "Courtelle". Arrgh! Not so quick & easy to knit lace out of a slippery synthetic. The upside is it can easily be machine washed, so probably better for the new mama. *sigh*
I'm loving the pattern, however. EZ comes through again! The yoke knit up in a flash, and the lace pattern is very easy to memorize. I think I've invested about four hours & I've already made pretty good progress - so far, so good.
For Baby Abram - born June 11 - Moderne Log Cabin Baby Blanket:
I got the email about Baby Abram's birth after I'd already made the trip to the yarn store, so I dug through my stash to see what I could pull together. I had several skeins of Bernat Softee Chunky in neutral colors, so I decided to adapt the Mason Dixon Moderne Baby Blanket to a chunky yarn.
I pretty much just reduced each section by 25%, rounding up or down so that everything stayed in easy to remember proportions. Another quick project - I cast on as dh and I sat down to watch "The Bucket List" and bound off the second section as the movie was ending. Hope to finish before this weekend, so I can give it to the new parents at church on Sunday.
Back to work - I'm on a knitting frenzy......
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