On the needles this week ...

October 28, 2009
I'm working on a dress for Haley. This is the body of the dress; I still have to do the sleeves and bodice to add on.


I like the way the bottom came out. I translated a knit-flat pattern into a knit-in-the-round pattern and for some reason (baby brain?) messed up the garter stitch at the bottom (which is shown as the upper brown stripe at the bottom). After some contemplation I picked up stitches at the bottom of the stripe, knit in stockinette with the varigated yarn for awhile, and then did ACTUAL garter stitch for the bottom. The way the messed up section curls inward makes the section I added on afterwards look as though it's a ruffle from underneath. Pretty neat, considering it was a mess-up-fix-it kind of thing.


Here's our model with the partially finished dress. Again, I have to finish the sleeves and bodice before it's really done. She's very excited about this dress as she specifically requested I knit her a dress!

Hat, Skirt, 2 more diapers!

October 17, 2009 --
These knitting needles were hard at work the past week. In that time I've finished Haley's skirt for Halloween (she wants to be Minnie Mouse), Baby's coming home hat, and drawstring cords for all the wool pants I've knitted.

Haley's skirt. The white drawstring will be tied like a great big bow around her waist. We've got a red shirt, black leggings, red shoes, and Minnie Mouse Ears for her. I'll post pictures around Halloween. I didn't use a pattern for this -- just sort of knitted it up. Haley now wants me to make her a dress!

Baby's coming home hat. I can't post this with the outfit I've picked out because that's a surprise but here's the hat. The yarn is super soft, chunky, and knit into those stripes without being asked. It ends in a little yellow circle at the very top!

The newborn diaper stash. In the left corner we have 2 dozen preemie prefolds. The three top most rows are fitteds, the row with UCONN is a set of AIOs, and the entire front row is waterproof covers. The four blue covers are THirsties Duo Wrap (size one) and fit newborn - 18lbs so I'm pretty excited about the versatility of these covers. For those of you new to cloth, there are snaps in the front that extend or shrink how tall the covers are and, of course, the velcro extends the circumference.

**If you look at the row to the right, second diaper down from the top -- it's new. It's a really cute bird pattern that I picked up last week when buying the fabric for my gigantic quilt. I made one up in newborn and one in small, as well as making teal fleece pants (not pictured) to match.

The SMALL stash.

We have 2 dozen infant prefolds, fitteds, AIOS, and 3 Fuzzi Bunz pockets.

September 30, 2009 --
All of these pictures show not-yet-completed projects.

First we have huge, monstrous, incredibly absorbant post-partum mama cloth. I applied snaps to the back and I just have to figure out the best design for stay-in-the-panties wing design.



These are my other pad sets. Top left you'll see 8 heavy flow pads and then top right and entire front row are the regular flow pads. The patterned portion of the pads wrap around the panties and snap closed, just like disposable sanitary napkins. Best thing about mama cloth (like cloth diapers) is you spend $x.xx and then you don't have to buy again -- and no garbage! Plus aren't my pads way cuter than yours?



Haley found some giraffe fleece in my sewing box and requested I make her pants. As I was sewing HER pants she requested I make a pair for the baby as well. She's convinced it's a girl. I'm can't commit to a specific sex so I made the pants but won't be buying a pink shirt to match.

September 23, 2009 --
I found a free pattern for fleece longies (pants). I made a quick pair last night for the baby and then branched out to make an outfit for Haley.


The pants and matching t-shirt. I didn't make the t-shirt but I did add an embellishment to make it a complete outfit.


Action shot! Here's our model posing for a picture in her new outfit.

September 21, 2009 --
FINISHED!! I actually finished it yesterday but didn't get a chance to take a picture or post it. I had to move my kitchen table just to lay it out.



I didn't knit these; I had them done for me. I didn't think I'd have the time to make wool pants for the baby with the quilt and other things I had going on so yes, I outsourced. Robin did a wonderful job and even made matching hats!!

(For those of you that don't know about wool pants, they serve as wonderful water proof barriers over non-waterproof cloth diapers. They also serve as clothing so they do double duty.)

September 20, 2009 --
One more border to go and then we're quilting. I'll update once I get that last border on!

September 18, 2009 --
Another border added! Next there will be a thicker border of the blue blocks (centers of windmills, blue with pink flowers) and then another thick border of the green paisley. After that we're done with the top and can start quilting!