Another Pea Pod Hat

I can't believe I haven't posted in almost a year! The last post to date is April 15th, two days before I went into labor with my daughter...last year! Eeek! Where did the time go? It's crazy to me that I haven't posted in so long, and the reason I haven't posted is because I had a baby, and therefore no time to knit. 

That's starting to change. I recently picked up my needles again, and am working on small projects. A good friend of mine just announced she's pregnant with her second, so let the baby knitting begin! Baby knitting is my favorite. The projects are small quick enough that you can knit a lot of different things in a small windows of time and feel really accomplished. 

While I like knitting for fun. I also have a few real custom orders come into the shop in the last few days and I'm really excited to take those on. So I'll be busy with my needles when the baby goes to bed.

Here's some pics of the most recent baby hat I made - another sweet pea hat! Gender neutral this time since baby's gender is yet to be revealed ;)

Once Upon a Time...

...There was a Baby Blanket.

This baby blanket was knitted for a very special baby.


Her mommy was selected as one of the very first ravelers on Ravelry to test out the pattern for designer Caitlyn French, long before it was reviewed and added to the site's database.

We're talking pattern instructions sketched out in pencil, sent via PDF. Fabulous.

Designer Caitlyn French knit the actual blanket for the ABC TV series "Once Upon a Time". Fans of the show will recognize it as Emma's blanket. However I added a pink ribbon in lieu of the purple one ;)

For materials, I used:

Needle            US 15 - 10.0 mm

Yarn

Sirdar Big Softie

Stash 

490.0 yards in stash

How much?

10 skeins = 490.0 yards (448.1m)

Colorway

330 Meringue

Dye lot

127761

In my test knit, I made some variations to the pattern. Instead of picking up the stitches and knitting on each side for the fan and feather, I used a circular and joined in the round to do so. I added some yo's at the corners to eliminate the edge curl so that it would lay flat when blocked.

Using circulars was much faster in my opinion. The only thing to remember is that if you do opt to do the edging in the round, you'll need to remember to knit row 2 instead of purling :)

The pillow in this picture was embroidered by Marquita Zimmern, my MIL. :) I love to photograph the two together, they look good as a duo!