It was a bit scary when my friends started having babies. But some of them are now on their second baby! My friend J gave birth to her second daughter on 2nd May. I’ve spent the last couple of weeks working on some gifts for baby Isabel, using some stash yarn that I chose because it was machine-washable. The colours are maybe not traditional baby colours, but I think they’re very funky.
This is the Garter Stitch Baby Kimono by Joji Locatelli, in Patons Diploma Gold 4-ply. I found the ladybird buttons in my local craft shop. I cast on according to the pattern, but then realised that my cast-on edge was too tight. So I carefully snipped a stitch a row or two above the cast-on, unravelled the row and put the resulting live stitches on some scrap yarn. Then, when I’d finished knitting the grey part, I knit an applied i-cord starting at the middle of the neck. When I got to the bottom of the cardigan I worked an i-cord bind-off, then continued the applied i-cord.
I had a bit of grey yarn left, so I made these:
They are Ysolda’s Tiny Shoes. The craft shop had run out of ladybird buttons so I got owls instead. I think my cast-on for the front of the shoes could have been better – I used a basic twisty M1 cast-on, and I think a cable or knitted on cast-on would have been neater.
Still, they’re all finished and posted off, and I’ve started the first sleeve of my Manu.
They’re great! I love the bold colours.
Elizabeth Zimmermann no less recommends grey for baby clothes and I think your kimono just proves how right she is! Love that red contrast, too.
[...] was supposed to be a garter stitch baby kimono, a pattern that I fell in love with after seeing this one by Birdwoman. However, almost from the moment I cast on I got a bad feeling about it. First of [...]