New cardi

She just keeps on growing! All the other cardigans I have made for her have already been passed on to little friends so it was time I make another one. 

Pattern Helena by Alison Green Will

 Ravelry Pattern Page | My project page

Yarn Yarnbee

Needle 4 mm and 3mm

Also it is very hard to get a shot of her sitting still. As soon as I snapped this she was back to her usual antics. 

Finished: ribbed baby cardi and placenta

One placenta. Easy pattern to make and nice little reminder about something we all needed on our journey earthside.

And here is the cardi. I am not really happy with the way it came out. Where I picked up the stitches is quite messy and the seams for the sleeves are quite thick due to my cast on edge not being very neat. If I were to try this one again, I would use an even smaller needle for the rib so I could pick up a stitch on every row. I would work the front at the same time as the back and would use a provisional cast on when I get to the sleeves.

I don't have much in the way of decorative closures in my collection so will add one when I have been back to Australia.

Small knits for a small person

*~ OUR SMALL PERSON ~*

We are thrilled to bits with the news that we will be welcoming baby number 3 later this year. As soon as my stomach started churning and I gained my superpower sense of smell I decided to cast on these yummys knit in BFL in a colourway that I am calling Very Hungry Caterpillar. Though it looks more blue than green in my photo.

So we have some newborn sized longies in the Baa Bum pattern that my gorgeous friend and owner of the Small Things blog created. My go to infant hat, Umbilical Cord from Stitch n Bitch and a teeny tiny pair of Simply Sweet Socks.