I am very proud of myself these days. I can actually see myself getting better at this stuff: With all the babies being born in our enormous crowd, I have been knitting and crocheting like a dervish.
Firstly, for baby girl West:
I used about fifteen different yarns and did this very basic pattern:
Chain... I don't know how many, but long enough for a baby blanket (not martha, not at all), about 36"
Double Crochet in third chain from end, Double Crochet in each ch to end, turn.
Ch 3 (counts as first DC), DC in next DC stitch, DC in every DC stitch thereafter.
Change colors at your whim. I did a bunch of different greens and pinks and whites. Came out so pretty, non?
I don't have a pic, but I also made a hat for our friend Donovan, who just got a baby brother. We wanted him to know that he is still a VIP to us, even with all the attention the baby is getting. D loves Spiderman, so I made a Spiderman hat using this very Spidermanny red, black, and blue yarn. :
I cast on 60 stitches onto circular needles and did two rows of 1X1 ribbing. I worked in stockinette for about five inches.
Then I added the blue yarn into the mix for three rows.
I did a rapid decrease by knitting one stitch and knitting two together for a round, then knitting one round, and repeating the decrease. Then I just threaded through and pulled it tight. Adorable. And Donovan loved it.
Here's the big project: One Big Baby Block.
This is for the new Popeski baby, arriving in March. I made six blocks:
2 Solid green (cast on 30, work in stockinetter) with the parents' initials stitched in:
Two diamonds in stockinette and reverse stockinette (cast on 45 stitches and decrease at each end for each row, then stitch the two diamonds together to make a square):
One striped square in checkerboard, which is created thusly:
Cast on a multiple of 8 + 4
Row 1: K4, *p4, k4; rep from * to end
Row 2: P4, *k4, p4; rep from * to end
Repeat first two rows once more
Row 5: As 2nd Row
Row 6: As 1st Row
Repeat last two rows once more.
Rinse, repeat, etc.
Looks like this:
You can see Mols smiling teeth. She approves.
One striped square in divided boxes, made thusly:
Multiple of 5 stitches
Row 1: Knit
Row 2: P1, k4, repeat to end
Row 3: K3, p2, repeat to end
Row 4: As 3rd row
Row 5: As 2nd row
Row 6: Knit
Repeat, rinse, ta da
Looks like this, with a snuggly Mols:
Stitch together into a cube and stuff. And SCENE.
