Living Life and Loving It
I finally finished the baby sweater for Jona, (Bob’s cousin Tom Beatty’s daughter).
I used a vintage pattern.
hand knit sweater using vintage pattern
The Vintage Pattern I used is from the book; Beehive for Bairns Volume 4
Vintage Pattern Beehive for Bairns Vol 4
Dolman Cardigan
Vintage Pattern Dolman Cardigan
hand knit baby sweater
It is still a little big on baby Emily…
Baby Emily
I have lately enjoyed knitting projects from vintage knitting patterns. The sweater I knit for baby Emily was a vintage pattern from a vintage (1950’s or 60’s) booklet called Beehive for Bairns Volume 4 Eyelet Lace Sweater.
Beehive for Bairns Volume 4
Eyelet lace sweater 3 month
Eyelet lace baby sweater pattern (pdf format)
Eyelet lace baby sweater
Eyelet lace baby sweater
Knitted baby cardigan sweater
Becca is having a baby girl. I asked her to pick out a knitted sweater pattern that I could knit for her new baby. She chose an off-white classic sweater with wooden buttons. It turned out really adorable!
Knitted Baby Sweater and Hat
Knitted Baby Sweater
Knitted Baby Sweater
I used a free pattern from the website Ravelry.
Or you can download it here: Sunnyside Baby Cardigan
Sunnyside Baby Cardigan
Becca wanted the “boy version”, with the straight edge. For the hat I used a plain hat pattern and changed it to match the sweater with the border on the bottom and the cabling (like the sweater) evenly distributed around the hat.
The yarn I used was Tanis Purple Label Cashmere Sock and I loved it…so soft!
I used the color “natural” and I ordered it from eatsleepknit@eatsleepknit.com (both the sweater and hat was made from one skein of yarn-making the 3-6 month size).
Wooden buttons were ordered from Etsy’s buttonsbraidsandmore (25 Pcs – 1 Lot, Coffee 4 Holes Round Wood Sewing Buttons 11mm(3/8″) Dia).
Knitted Baby Sweater
I decided to make a cardigan and sweater for a baby gift to Ellen Riley’s first granddaughter. (Karen’s baby Emerson…Karen is my daughter Jennifer’s good friend and has been ever since they were tiny children.) I found the pattern to knit this beautiful cardigan and bonnet by Sirdar (It can be found on the internet at Patternfish…sorry…this one I cannot share for free.) But I will say it does work up very quickly. It took a bit of a learning curve for me since this was the first time I worked with English abbreviations (as in Great Britain- English) not American knitting abbreviations. But thank goodness for the internet.
Baby cardigan and bonnet
It turned out beautiful!
Hand Knit Baby Bonnet
Hand Knit Baby Cardigan and Bonnet
Having already made a sweater for my grandchildren Becca, Henry and Jack (last year) I decided it was time to get out the knitting needles again. Caroline has not received one so I decided hers would be the first one I did this time around. I found an adorable sweater and hat called Sweetheart Sweater Set (the knitting pattern is a free download). (Or here’s a pdf copy of sweetheart sweater set knitting pattern).
Sweetheart sweater set
Matching hat with tassel
Adorable pull-over sweater
Links to knitting projects:
Adorable knitted baby hats: Strawberry hat, lemon hat, watermelon hat and bunny hat.
Pattern for Sweetheart Sweater Set
Sweetheart sweater set
Pictures of Caroline in her sweater:
Caroline in sweater and hat
Caroline in sweater and hat with Jen
Caroline in Sweater
Caroline in sweater