pepperknit

Brace yourself for the cuteness.

As I said before, I just love making these bootees. I’ve done another bootee pattern, also from the same book, and they were just not nearly so cute. They’re so little they fit in the palm of my hand:

I think used size 3 needles for these. No! I used size 2s. I used 3s for the main piece. Followed the pattern exactly. Not much more to say.

This morning, my boyfriend got back in touch with a friend he hasn’t seen in two years, since the friend’s wedding, and found out today that he and his wife have a 2-month-old kiddo, named Christian. So I am going to send the bootees to them. I think the full set (cardigan and bootees) would have been a little much, don’t you think?

It’s bubbling over with cuteness!

To recap:
This is the Garter Stitch Jacket from Debbie Bliss’s Quick Baby Knits.
I used size 3 Addi Turbos.
I altered the pattern by giving it shaping in the front instead of being a completely rectangular piece; I just sort of decided to start decreasing one stitch at the inside edge of each row and went all the way to the bottom, leaving a straight edge at the very bottom.
Nearly done photos are here.

I bought the buttons as a fabric outlet store on Fabric Row here in Philly. I wanted small wooden buttons, nothing cheesy or silly. I stitched them on using this cute little stitch because, well, I think it’s so dainty.

This will be a gift for Lea, my friend’s baby. I hope she can still fit into it come the wintertime; she was born in June, I believe.