Knitting with a Newborn

In The Wool Basket:

From Monster Knits I have:- 200g of Treliske in 'Misty Morning', 100g of Aran BFL in 'Ocean Dreams' (Aqua blue and greys), 100g of Aran BFL in 'Turkish Delight', 100g of Aran BFL in 'Purple Strands', 200g of Aran BFL in Plum Tree (Plums and greens) with 50g Plum for feature colour, 5 mini-skeins (50g) of Treliske wool in Green (to match Meadow) and Pink (to match Turkish delight) Turquoise (to match Ocean dreams), light purple and dark purple (to match Misty morning and Purple strands) to be used for cuffs and waistbands

From Jolly Jumbuck I have:- 100g of ARTEMIS (Wendy Dennis Polwarth 8ply) in the colourway 'Emily Rose'.

From Suzannes House of Wool I have:- 200g 8 Ply merino in Bushdance colourway with 50g ball of contrast colour burgundy.

Recently Finished Projects (most recent to oldest):

Since being home with my newborn Cadence I have been knitting only projects that she needs immediately. She has turned out to be a very heavy wetter for a newborn and as such needed to use woolies at night from about 2 weeks old. I started out by making her the soaker below plus a sleeper sack this is not quite finished yet.

Curly Purly Soaker - NB size
This soaker is knitted on 4mm needles with 2.5mm and 3mm needles for the waistband. I used two types of wool both from Monster Knits. The waistband is made out of Treliske 8 Ply in purple, chosen because of the softness for a newborns skin. The body is made with 8 Ply BFL in the Berry Fuschia colourway. I only used 1/3 of the wool I had so I have been using the remainder on the sleeper sack.


Sleepy Soaker Sack
This soaker sack is knitted on 4mm needles with 3mm needles for the waistband and end band. I used two types of wool both from Monster Knits. The waistband and end band are made out of Treliske 8 Ply in purple, chosen because of the softness for a newborns skin. The body is made with 8 Ply BFL in the Berry Fuschia colourway. I used the remainder of the wool used for her NB soaker.

Medium Curly Purly Soaker

This soaker was knit on 4.5mm needles with 2.5mm and 3mm needles for the waistband. I used Aran BFL from Monster Knits in the colourway 'Fresh'.

First Dyeing attempt

This was my first attempt at dyeing wool. I didn't like the colour of the newborn PP I had made the bubs. The day before I went into labour I decided to try and dye them using food colouring. I was aiming for graduated colours of green. I ended up with lime green, mid forest green, dk forest green.

Unfortunately the colour was not set very well on the bottom of the legs and we learnt the hard way that the colour runs onto sheets once the longies get wet LOL! I have decided to just use these longies for day use when Cadence doesn't sleep as long and therefore is not as wet by changing time.

Bub's Newborn/Small MCN Collection

I have been waiting for my Honeyboy's to arrive before posting this. This is my baby's collection of MCN (fitteds, AIO's, Pockets, covers). I have not included the prefolds and flats as they aren't very interesting to look at and I am still in the proces of making some. I have also not included the woolies as I will do that separately in another post later. With the help of all the prefolds and flanny flats I am planning on washing ever 3rd day so there are HEAPS of covers here!


Newborn Fitted MCN

These are her newborn fitteds: (L-R, top to bottom) 3x NB Cherubs Kiss Raphael's, 4x Whizz Kidz NB Fitteds, 2x size 0 Kissaluv fitteds, 1x xs BumGenius Bamboo fitted, 1x Organic Velour Newborn Swaddlebee fitted.


Small Fitted MCN

These are her small fitteds: (L-R, top to bottom) 2x Itti Bitti Flannel Fitteds, 1x Tots Bots Bamboozle size 1 , 1x Ella's House Bumhugger, 1x Liam's Bum MM Pocket.


Newborn & Small AIO's

These are her NB & Small AIO's: (L-R top to bottom) 2x NB CK Honeyboy's, 1x BumGenius XS AIO, 3x Small CK Honeyboy's, 1x Small LouLou Honeyboy, 1x Small Rumpster, 2x Small Bubblebubs AIO's.


Newborn & Small Covers

These are her covers (not including woolies): (L-R, top to bottom) 3x Eenees snibbs, 2x NB Bummis SWW, 2x NB Bambino Mio, 2x sm Motherease Airflow, 1x SM Rikki Motherease, 1x SM Baby Beehinds PUL, 1x Wonderwrap PUL, 1x SM Tots Bots PUL Wrap, 1x SM Pockey Pockets fleece cover, 1x SM Swaddlebees fleece cover, 1x NB Whizz Kidz fleece cover, 1x Pockey Pockets NB fleece cover. I also have a size 0 Tots Bots PUL wrap coming soon.

Needle Roll

Recently Finished Projects (most recent to oldest):

Needle Roll
I had some fun making this needle roll today after getting my last order of Addis in the mail.

I used the instructions from this website I found http://lupinbunny.blogspot.com/2007/02/needle-roll-tutorial.html and I made only a few minor adjustments.

If anyone is thinking of making one of these I would suggest counting how many of each type of needle you have before sewing the pockets on though. I was too eager to finish as my preggy belly and back were getting very sore from sitting.

If I had a do-over, these are the things I would do differently:
- 30cm Addi circs would fit better in a 3" pocket than a 2" one like I used.
- I would also make the bottom two pockets 1" longer and possible even put another pocket row in, as I don't have many really long needles.

Knitting Update

In The Wool Basket:

From Monster Knits I have:
- 100g of 8Ply in 'Meadow' (different shades of green)
- 100g of 10 BFL Aran in 'Ocean Dreams' (Aqua blue and greys) and 'Fresh' (light greens and pink/puples), 200g of Plum Tree (Plums and greens) with 50g Plum for feature colour
- 100g of Treliske organic 8 Ply in Berry Fuschia and 3 mini-skeins (50g) of Treliske wool in Green (to match Meadow), Purple and Pink (to match Berry Fuschia) to be used for cuffs and waistbands.
- On order - 250g of 8Ply BFL which will be coloured in a purple/green/grey colourway yet to be decided.

From Jolly Jumbuck I have coming:
- 100g of ARTEMIS (Wendy Dennis Polwarth 8ply) in the colourway 'Emily Rose'.

From Suzannes House of Wool:
- 200g 8 Ply merino in Bushdance colourway with 50g ball of contrast colour burgundy.

Recently Finished Projects (most recent to oldest):

These are bubs newly finished Curly Picky Pants and Curly Picky Capris. I had alot of trouble getting these right but I am very pleased with the result. A BIG Thanks to Irene and Shara from NC who gave me alot of help converting the patterns so they could be combined effectively.

Newborn Longies – Curly Purly waistband on Picky Pants

These longies are knitted in the round on 4.5mm circular needles with 3.5mm & 4mm circular needles for the Curly Purly waistband. I used 100g (152m) of 'Marilyn' 10 Ply superwash Merino from Live2Knit in the Tutti Frutti colourway. The colours remind me of fruit tingles LOL!

I did the PP short rows and added width to the waist to allow for growth. For the cuffs of the longies I used part of a crochet headband design by Tracey of 'Desert Rose Designs'. I had some wool left so I made a beanie with crochet flowers that match those I put on the pants.

Back View and Cuff close up

Front view

Small Capris - Curly Purly waistband on Picky Pants Capris

These longies are knitted in the round on 4.5mm circular needles with 3.5mm & 4mm circular needles for the Curly Purly waistband. I used 100g of Aran weight BFL from Monster Knits in the Sienna colourway.

I did the 3 single CP short rows and added width to the waist to allow for growth. For the cuffs of the longies I did picot edging. To embellish I used 3 colours of tapestry wool to crochet some flowers. I used large 6 petal flowers, medium 5 petal flowers and small 4 petal flowers.

I had some wool left over so I made a headband to match as well. The design for this came from Tracey of 'Desert Rose Designs'. I may add some flowers to this once I am sure the circumference is correct.

Front view with headband and Back view