pepperknit

What some of you don’t know about me is that I really don’t like children all that much. I cannot see myself having one, or adopting one, or otherwise sharing my life with one. It’s just not for me. But as a knitter, of course, I luuurve baby items. And I love nothing more than baby bootees. These baby bootees. I’m spelling them Debbie Bliss’s way, because it is her baby bootee (this one in particular) that almost manages to spark something in me to actually have a kidlet.

(Not really, of course. But they’re so cute!)

I’ve made them before; I gave them to my friend prior to her daughter, Nina, being born:

For those, I also made little white flowers (hard to see detail with the flash) and attached them to the cuffs. I swoon, they’re so adorable.

So I’m making more baby bootees, because they’re just that awesome. I recommend this pattern, too, from Quick Baby Knits, because they’re really fast and easy. Very little seaming (just a touch). And–have I said it enough yet–very very cute!!!

I went out on the deck to get some shots with good light, and got perhaps a little carried away. This is not a finshed garmet, after all. But it looks so cute! Here you can see the shot that’s in the book, which was actually my inspiration for the little cutaway. In the book, it looks as if it falls away to the sides, despite there being no apparent shaping at the edges. But it’s all deception and lies, really :) I covered the baby’s face because, well, it looks a little crazed.

Anyway, I’m pretty happy with the shaping that I put in. Plus, once you start those decreases, the sweater practically finishes itself! I tried to mimic the neck shaping (k2, k2tog) so that it’d all match. This weekend I’ll go get some buttons–ah, how nice it is to live right by Fabric Row! I’m thinking small wooden ones, but then I always think “small wooden ones.”

Finished knitting the baby cardigan last night. Couldn’t get excited about sewing it up (when do I ever get excited about sewing up knitted pieces?), so I started on a baby bootee to go with.

I’ll take more pictures later today. It’s really cloudy out this morning, so the light in the apartment sucks. But it’s going to be a high of 82! So I’ll take the little bit of clouds, no problem.