After I finished the February Lady Sweater, I got it into my head that it would be fun to knit a baby hat. So I pulled out a bag of miscellaneous partial balls of DK-weight superwash wool and got to work.
Next thing I knew, the bag of leftover yarn was empty, and I had four baby hats. Turns out the suckers are kind of addictive.
Oh, and I also made a pair of socks to match the blue and green striped hat before deciding that the DK-weight socks were bigger than I wanted.
These are all the handknit hats and socks I have made for the baby to date.
Oh, and I also knit those three baby sweaters . . .
And my mom knit this Baby Surprise Jacket and two matching hats (which I think of as the Sherpa Outfit) . . .
Bringing the grand total of Baby Surprise Jackets to three, as I received this beautiful multicolored and red one from my knitting friend / textile artist Alison . . .
I think the Knitting Trousseau is complete, don’t you?
I think that for your climate, it will be good to have a lot of hats and sweaters!
If you feel the need to knit more, some people use wool pants as diaper covers…
I love the tiny baby surprise jacket. It looks fuzzy on the edges, did you knit with something extra soft or is that just the photo? Lucky baby.
The next thing to knit (if you are sorry that the trousseau is finished) is a blanket – in acrylic or cotton. My mom made one for my first, and then one for each subsequent cousin. Without exception each baby glommed onto those blankets. My 16 and 17 year old still have them in their beds. The other cousins – somewhat better adjusted, perhaps, have put them in drawers but still love them. The blankets were knitted and backed with a soft flannel. Over the years we have replaced the flannel on all of them because those blankets traveled everywhere and the flannel got threadbare. Will share the pattern if you are up to it. Anne
Wow! That’s a lot of awesome baby knits!!!
What? no Tomten? shocking!
Baby hats are absolutely addictive. Fortunately they aren’t hard to misplace so having a huge selection sounds perfectly reasonable to me. Between his/her vintage and new knitwear your baby is going to be one warm and elegant infant.