Adorable baby gift…cardigan and bonnet by Sirdar

January 27, 2014 by shelley

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

Adorable knit baby hats; strawberry, watermelon, lemon and bunny knit baby hat.

June 19, 2013 by shelley

I signed up for the vintage fashion show by donating hand knit baby hats. One week before the fashion show I decided I better get busy. I found a cute pattern on line for a strawberry knit baby hat. I used the same pattern and adjusted it to make a watermelon knit baby hat and a lemon knit baby hat. I also found a cute pattern for a bunny hat. The strawberry hat was so cut I had to make one for my granddaughter Caroline. She of course wore it to pick strawberries.

Sweet Caroline in strawberry hat picking sweet strawberries.

Caroline picking strawberries in strawberry hat.

The strawberry hat:

Adorable strawberry knit baby hat.

Instructions for strawberry knit hat.

Updated and clarified!

Knitted Strawberry Hat Pattern (instructions will download in .doc format) or Knitted Strawberry Hat Pattern (instructions will download in .pdf format).

Update: I have sent this pattern out many, many times and I have no idea how many people have downloaded the pattern. But I recently heard from someone that downloaded the strawberry hat pattern and hit a snag trying to following the directions…and I thought she was right it was not quite right…just not very clear. I have clarified and updated the instructions so they reflect the changes so they are now much easier to follow. She completed her strawberry hat and sent a picture of it to me! It turned out gorgeous!! A big thank you to Lindsey Tsuboi!!! Here is her hat:

Lindsey’s strawberry hat

Variations on the same theme…..

And with slight alterations I made a watermelon hat and a lemon hat:

Watermelon Knit Baby Hat

A lemon knit baby hat:

Lemon Knit Baby Hat

And finally a bunny knit baby hat (the bunny hat is a different pattern-it is more difficult than the others:

Knit Baby Bunny Hat

Instructions for knit baby bunny hat:

pdf format Bunny beanie pattern | BabyCenter

Roaaar! Jack’s new sweater!

June 8, 2012 by shelley

I finished Jack’s new sweater with a roaring cute lion on the front. I had some yarn left over so I added the cap. Can’t wait to get the pictures of him in it!

Jack’s roaring new Lion sweater.

Close up of crochet lion.

Jack’s new knit lion sweater and hat.

: Jack in the Lion Sweater.

Blue eyed Jack.

Jack in new sweater.

Jack and B.J.

Hand knit sweater for my granddaughter Becca.

April 3, 2012 by shelley

I completed the knit sweater for Becca.

Pink sweater for Becca.

Back view.

Jen and Adam sent some pictures of Becca in the sweater. I love her poses.

Knitted Spa Towel

June 3, 2011 by shelley

Bob loves spa towels but they are expensive. So I found the yarn. It is natural 100% cotton, and comes on a big spool. Cast on 160 stitches and garter knit until the spool is empty and voila a hand knit spa towel!