Some finished baby knits

When I found out I was going to be an aunt for the first time I had only recently started knitting and browsing the giant collection of patterns on Ravelry. The floodgates opened and part of me wanted to make every adorable pattern I saw, but the more rational part of me reined the knitting in... somewhat. He's due nearly any day now and I've been steadily wrapping up the knitting for him so I thought I would parade some of the finished items here.

Booties That Rock, made from some gorgeous leftover Socks that Rock yarn from Xandermommy:

I did make them larger than newborn size and the yarn is so squishy that they might fit until he's a toddler (although having no kids of my own I'm a terrible judge of baby/kid sizes so who knows).

They were mostly finished already in April, but I didn't get my sister to help pick out the buttons until late July, so they were only completely finished recently.

The largest labor of love was this Curlicue Baby Blanket in DK weight pima cotton. I know I'm not a fast knitter, so I left myself a lot of time for this one and started it in March shortly after learning the little one was going to be a boy.

(closest picture to the true colors)

Then I proceeded to clobber my left index finger and wasn't able to handle the weight of the blanket to knit on it for a month or so, so it was especially fortunate that I left myself extra time. (I still have a lump on that finger almost 4 months later and don't use it to hold my needles yet. It's getting steadily better, but it's taking an unexpectedly long time to heal completely.)


This is also the first project that I've officially "blocked", although I didn't do it as formally as you would for a shawl or some other intricate lace project. All it means for the blanket is that I took it out of the washer while it was still damp and spread it out on towels on a spare bed to dry. I did pull and stretch it a bit to get it as neatly rectangular as possible and to make the pattern a little flatter and more visible.


The blanket was a really enjoyable but very consuming project, so I've started a couple new sock patterns since. It is nice to have at least one smaller project around again that doesn't require reading a chart every other row. My ovaries are still being rather pushy, though, and the rational brain can't control them completely. Sorry, kid, but your aunt is going to be foisting some knit items on you now and then for at least the near future while you can't protest too much!