Calling all Crafters (and wanna-be crafters)!!! What are you making for you/baby??? - Page 6 « Back to Group Discussions

[jodieanneanton]

Loving the dress, withlittlelungs!  Where'd u get the pattern?  :D

Scruffy, is that crochet or knit?  I can't really tell... (looks like knitting, i think)  I think the front yoke of the dress is sooo cute! :D

[scruffy too]

The sweater is indeed knit.  In the round.

[cabbitdancer]

Knit in the round??? Oooooh. My favorite way to knit! Where'd you get the pattern, scruffy?

[scruffy too]

http://www.abc-knitting-patterns.com/1154.html Is the pattern for the little sweater.  I knit back and forth until I figured a baby head would fit, then promptly switched to in the round (my fav, too!!)  I'm not a big fan of the pattern (it doesn't help that I didn't read it right either) but it was usable and produced a usable product.  I used sock yarn and size 2 needles, if curious.

[Melany]

I love knitting in the round... it's the only way most things get finished. Stuff I have to seam up will sit for a long time in an almost finished state. :)

[withlittlelungs]

Jodie, free pattern on ravelry. It was a super quick project. http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/angel-wings-pinafore

[withlittlelungs]

Originally Posted by Melany 

I really need to make one of the breastfeeding hats out of it because it is SO close to my skin tone. It's just screaming, make me into a boob for nursing, I match your skin!! :) Here's the ravelry pattern for the hat. 

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/boobie-hat

OMG, Melany. I totally forgot about the boob hats. I need to make some quick!!

[nearlyelated]

So much cuteness!  I'm working on a quilt for DS that I've had cut for probably a year.  I'm actually at the quilting stage now and it's coming along well, hope to have the quilting done this week and start binding it.  It's taking a bit longer since it's a twin sized.  I've only ever completed baby-sized quilts.  I finally finished one for my friend's baby in December, and found I had a twinge of guilt every time Jack asked me who the quilt was for, so I decided it was time to actually finish his.  He's pretty excited.

I also knit a couple of toques for my boys, and a matching little one for the babe using this pattern: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/totem-cabled-hat  

Otherwise haven't made anything for this babe yet.  Although they will likely be the beneficiary of a half finished sweater that DS outgrew before I could finish.  

[Melany]

Originally Posted by withlittlelungs 

OMG, Melany. I totally forgot about the boob hats. I need to make some quick!!

If you end up making 2 hats and ever get the double nursing down, you should have someone take a photo of nursing in the hats. That would be great. :) 

[Melany]

Originally Posted by nearlyelated 

So much cuteness!  I'm working on a quilt for DS that I've had cut for probably a year.  I'm actually at the quilting stage now and it's coming along well, hope to have the quilting done this week and start binding it.  It's taking a bit longer since it's a twin sized.  I've only ever completed baby-sized quilts.  I finally finished one for my friend's baby in December, and found I had a twinge of guilt every time Jack asked me who the quilt was for, so I decided it was time to actually finish his.  He's pretty excited.

I know my son keeps asking me to make things for him and I feel so guilty because it is harder to sew things for him.  I had made about 4 dresses for my daughter a few years back and my son asked me to make him a shirt. I managed to make a shirt for him, even though it is a lot harder to sew than a dress. I actually did two. The first one was more of a "Can I do this?" project. I didn't want to spend a ton of money on fabric only to mess it up, so I actually used a shirt that my husband ruined. Since he isn't a small man (XXL) there was plenty of fabric. In fact, most of the shirt was made from the sleeves. I blogged about it some years back.
http://applepiequeen.blogspot.com/2010/03/recycling-and-sewing.html

Here's a photo of the up-cycled shirt before I added the buttons. Why on earth did I not take a photo of him wearing it with the buttons? I did make him a shirt out of fabric he picked a year later. I had him in the shirting fabric and he dragged me over to the quilting fabric and picked out this great camping themed fabric with bears, canoes and fishing poles on it. I don't have a photo of that one.

[scruffy too]

The mama-cloth / post-partum cloth I made this weekend.  I don't know how they'll work, or if I'll like them.  I was on Depo for almost a decade, then used the Diva Cup for a year before getting pregnant, so this will be an adventure.  And I only just heard about needing pads for a month after birth (!!) this Christmas - just wasn't something my little brain had thought of.  But ever since I heard that, I've been obsessing over NOT having plastic touching my lady bits for a whole month...  Anyway, I had all the materials on hand, so they didn't cost anything (except a bit of time, but that was time well spent with my sewing machine.)

Edit to add: I also made a pair of "baby legs" out of a super soft chocolate brown pair of socks that had holes in the toes.  I just cut the foot part off, and sewed around the ankle part to keep them from unravelling.  I'm happy with them.

Edited by scruffy too - 2/17/13 at 8:56pm

[SamiPolizzi]

So far I've knitted four hats, a diaper cover, and one leg warmer (I should probably make a second one at some point as I assume this baby will have two legs.). I decided to also knit a blanket to use up all the left over yarn from my other projects. I'm going to try to do another diaper cover or two if I have time. 

[scruffy too]

SamiPolizzi - what diaper cover pattern are you using?  Can you share or link or PM?  I want to make a couple, but can't decide.  I've made 4 hats, too!  But I plan on giving away the last one I just made.

[SamiPolizzi]

It's from a book, so I'm not sure if I can share it. 

I really want to try this one- http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/curly-purly-soaker-pattern but I'm a novice knitter and I'm afraid to try to tackle it. 

[LightForest]

I want to know which diaper cover pattern SamiPolizzi used as well! I ended up loving the Curly Purly Soaker pattern when I was pregnant with DD, and I made many of them in various sizes. I plan to use them again this time. I love the high rise, short rows in the bum to add space for more diaper in back, and the ribbed leg cuffs with that pattern. I also had fun trying different yarn types and cute ribbed patterns, and found that the pattern is very very flexible/adaptable.

I never had huge much success converting that pattern over to work as longies, though. I'm still in search of a perfect longies pattern for knitting!

Here's a photo of my newborn sized knit covers (all using the pattern I linked to below, but I'm horrible about making modifications without taking notes, so each soaker is a little different). The purple longies use the curly purly pattern, but I just kept going with the legs in stockinette stitch and finished them off with a ribbed cuff that can be rolled up. The other purple one is an attempt at a rolled cuff instead of the ribbed cuff. DD ended up being a chubster from early on, so the rolled cuff did NOT work as well for us (too tight). I DID like the ribbed crotch addition, though, and ended up doing something similar when I knit up soakers in larger sizes. Ooh, and the green one has an extra knit layer in the "wet zone". This addition honestly would have been more beneficial in a larger sized soaker. In my experience, newborns aren't likely to pee through a diaper enough to need such a heavy duty cover. I find that I learn something new with each soaker I knit, so it's fun to constantly modify

[LightForest]

Originally Posted by SamiPolizzi 

It's from a book, so I'm not sure if I can share it. 

I really want to try this one- http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/curly-purly-soaker-pattern but I'm a novice knitter and I'm afraid to try to tackle it. 

Ooh that's so funny - I posted before I saw this response from you but that's the pattern I love! I definitely recommend it and would be happy to help you through it if you find yourself having trouble.

[SamiPolizzi]

I barely even understand patterns. My roommate is helping me learn. She pretty much walked me through one soaker I made, which was SUPER simple. The curly purly pattern looks pretty overwhelming to me. I'd like to try it, but my roommate is out of town for work and I'm afraid to try it without her here to help me and fix my mistakes. Maybe I'll work up the confidence to go for it anyway. If not, I'll probably make another one using the pattern I used before, but change a couple things. 

[cabbitdancer]

Those are great, scruffy!

I keep hearing about woolies, but I don't "get" them, I guess. What kind of yarn did you ladies use, and where did you get it?

[scruffy too]

I know that woolies are supposed to be made out of wool, but I don't know if you're supposed to felt them afterwards or not...  LightForest?

[LightForest]

Originally Posted by SamiPolizzi 

I barely even understand patterns. My roommate is helping me learn. She pretty much walked me through one soaker I made, which was SUPER simple. The curly purly pattern looks pretty overwhelming to me. I'd like to try it, but my roommate is out of town for work and I'm afraid to try it without her here to help me and fix my mistakes. Maybe I'll work up the confidence to go for it anyway. If not, I'll probably make another one using the pattern I used before, but change a couple things. 

I hear ya. With that particular pattern, I think you could get through ok as long as you know how to knit in the round (on either circular or double pointed needles). And I would recommend that you just skip doing the short rows. This leaves you knitting 2" of ribbing at the waist, then switch to larger needles and knit about 5". The legs/crotch are a little tricky the first time you're figuring them out, but really not too bad. I know it seems like a lot, but you could look at it as a nice challenge! And the newborn size is so teeny that it knits up pretty fast.