more knits

I have a huge update coming soon (not announcing a pregnancy or anything - let me put that disclaimer out there) but it will be a long post or posts so I havent been motivated to write yet. Until then, here are some pics of the recent knitted things I have been working on. We go on our family reunion week this weekend so I plan on knitting a lot there too since I am not a good book reader. We will see...

A baby hat for Katie's friend

A baby blanket for Shay's friend and a pic of my new tags in action. I didnt mean for it to look so pink camoflauge but thats how it turned out. It is hard to see the pattern in these pics but it is checkered with a seed stitch border.

And a baby elf hat for Baby Harper. I hope it turns out well in the photo shoot Bopha!!

**I had issues last night with the pictures but at least it worked today :)

Baby boy beanie

This is a cute little baby boy hat I made for my friend this week. I really like the design and will probably make some elf new born hats as well for baby photos. This hat is for a 6 month old baby.

I always struggle to come up with cute ideas for baby boy stuff, but I thought this was cute and still masculine enough :)

more knitting stuff

I promise I will write another post not about knitting sometime but I havent got the pics still and I wanted at least a few before posting my bday update. So until then, here are some more pics of my knitted stuff from last week. The first hat is the first billed hat that I have made and I am pretty happy with it. I think that the next hat I make I wante the bill to be a little more angled but in general I am happy with this one. It was supposed to be for a one year old but I think it will be more like a toddler sized hat. The second hat is an elf hat for newborn pics. I dont like it as well because I think even strips would look better but I am still pleased with it in general. They always look a little funny laying flat but they are super cute on the tiny babies!

new knits

Okay, I have a couple of catch up posts that I need to write but I dont have pics yet so they will have to wait. Until then, here are some of the most recent things I have been knitting. I made this little hat on my bday weekend and the booties last weekend. As I have mentioned in previous posts, the lighting changes a lot when I take pics because of the flash and ambient light so sorry about that. It makes it hard to tell the colors of everything in some of the pics I think.

And I am trying to get some more stork baskets, pods, hammocks and cocoons together to use for pics when baby Ava is born and some of my other friends babies that are to be born soon as well! The one below is very girly but I am going to make some more neutral ones and boy-ish ones too.



And here is a hat that I made last night for my friends one year old girl but I have a few flower options that I cant decide on. I think I will just make 3 hats so that I can use all of the flowers!!



I kind of think the pink flower is too big for the size of the hat but some people like big flowers on things!

Thats all for now!

Spring Cocoons

These are the newest things I knitted this last week. They are photo props for baby photos. I have lots of friends about to have babies so I wanted to make some stuff to have available if they want to use and also to get some pictures for future advertising. I love these colors for the spring time!

Here is a picture of all 3 of them:

A baby boy cocoon (or it could be for a girl too I suppose). It is folded down like a shirt but I think it is long enough that it would fit over the baby's head and still be folded under the arms.

This is the pea pod that could be for a boy or girl. You lay the baby inside it like it is an open pea pod. I forgot to take a picture this way but it could be cuffed as well.

And this is the baby girl cocoon (definately not for a baby boy)! Something is wrong with the picture formatting because it put them in here sideways. Sorry about that. Just pretend I was trying to be artistic!

Baby boy booties/hat

Here is the newest set from last week. Matt gave me the idea for the blue pom pom on the hat.

I really enjoy making these baby sets, and they dont take me too long to make. These will definitely be on the website/etsy site. So far I have only made newborn sets but will also make 6 months and 1 year sizes too. To all my friends having babies soon, I hope you are a fan of knitted stuff because it is likely I will make you a set for your baby-to-be :)

Baby booties and baby hats

So a few weeks ago, I started trying to figure out how to make little baby booties and I finally found a pattern. I practiced it for a while and alternated the pattern to come up with something that I like a lot. Here are a few examples of the finished products, these were for baby Ava (Ryan and Heather's baby that is on the way):

And I made this little hat (a miniature version of an adult hat that I made on Christmas break).


I really like these little tiny hats and booties and this week I am going to make a set for a baby boy this week. Those are always harder to come up with a cute idea thats not to girly. Hopefully I have a good idea come to me, we'll see.