What to make?

I've been sorting through my stash and I found all these odd balls of not-at-all-itchy yarn. I plan to use it all up and I'd like to use it for various baby gear for the little one. Britt suggested legwarmers which are useful when carrying him in the sling. I also plan to make hats and booties and I've made a vest as well. I would however appreciate any ideas you may have on what to make - and also specific suggestions for the items I've already mentioned. Thanks!

FO: Warriston

A couple of weeks ago I finished this wonderful sweater: Warriston by Kate Davies. She designed it as a sweater for outdoor wear and while it will work well for indoor wear during the winter, too, I decided to put it to the test and brought it as my only outerwear for the knitters' festival on Fanø last weekend of September. Success.

As with all of Kate's patterns that I've knitted so far, the construction and the details are well-designed. I like how the pockets and the wide, standing collar add something special to the design, and the i-cord edging details add finish.

Pattern: Warriston by Kate Davies.
Size: Size 1 for upper body and sleeves; size 2 for lower body. This A-line construction means that I can easily fit into it now - as you can see - but also that I'll have an A-line sweater once I get my 'normal' size back, which I think will look nice.
Yarn: One strand of New Lanark DK in Pebble (approx. 330 g) and one strand of Blackhill Højlandsuld in Rullesten (approx. 140 g).  These yarns possess the qualities of wool required for a water repellent outdoor sweater. However, after washing they bloom nicely and produce a soft sweater which is not itchy at all (unlike my Owls sweater in Lett-Lopi). Brilliant!
Mods: The mix of sizes mentioned above. I also have fewer rows in the pocket lining - see my Ravelry page for details.

This is a highly recommendable sweater! It was both fast and pleasing to knit. Although one and a half months passed from start to finish, not a lot of that time was spent on the actual knitting. Rather, some time did pass waiting for the knitter to be reunited with the rest of the yarn at home since this was a knit I brought on holiday and road trips, and I didn't always bring enough yarn for my fast progress. Wearing the sweater is just as pleasing as the knitting process.

FO: Striped Cotton Baby Sweaters

Earlier this year I bought a load of cotton yarns at Kemps for almost no money. With the knowledge of the wee one arriving in January, it was time to knit it up. I bought only one skein of most of the colours, so I trawled through Ravelry to find a patterns which would match the yarn weights and would work with stripes. I found two: Liselotte's Latte Baby Sweater and Carina Spencer's Gift Wrap Romper & Sweater. The former worked well for the Patons Eco Cotton and the latter for Patons Linen Touch. I knit two garments from each pattern and managed to use up exactly all of 9 skeins of yarn!

Pattern: Latte Baby Sweater by Liselotte Weller

Sizes: I modified the pattern to get two different sizes - you can read more on the two sweaters' Ravelry pages: size 0-3 months and size ~6 months.

Yarn: Patons Eco Cotton. For the larger one I used a light blue (Clear) for the edging and Khaki and Primrose (more cream than primrose) for the stripes. For the smaller one I used Ruby and Clear for the stripes - I started knitting this sweater on election night, so the colour choices were appropriate - and used the leftovers from the first sweater for the edging. I ran out of yarn at the end so the neck opening was wider than I wanted. I fixed it with a ribbed collar in some Rowan Purelife Organic Cotton 4-ply. Looks fine to me.

Mods: Many. Read more on the Ravelry project pages (linked above).

I really like these two sweaters. See more photos on their Ravelry pages (linked above).

Pattern: Gift Wrap Romper & Sweater by Carina Spencer.
Sizes: The romper is size 3 months, the sweater size 9 months. Looks to me like they run a bit small, but that's fine.
Yarn: Patons Linen Touch for the stripes (colours Primrose and Lilac for the romper, Aqua and Coral for the sweater) and Rowan Purelife Organic Cotton DK (colourway Logwood) for the edging. I used one skein of each (i.e. one skein in total for the edging on both sweaters) - and maybe a few yards extra of the yellow one.
Mods: I think I added a bit to the length on the body of the romper due to my row gauge being different, but other than that I didn't make any.
Links to the Ravelry pages: The romper | The sweater.
I like the final results. I'd like to make the romper in a woolen, long-sleeved version, but let's see if I get round to it.