Once again, I've got a full day without enough hours to do everything on my list. Paul's sweater hasn't progressed much past where it was at my last post. The weather here in February and early March is so dreary and gray that working on a sweater in gray and gray-blue yarn brought my mood down.
So, I needed to knit some bright colors. I also wanted to make something for my baby. The Newborn Slip Stitch Hat by Polly McEldowney was just the thing.
I used leftover Risata and CotLin from Knit Picks. These yarns are cotton/wool and cotton/linen blends. I chose them for the fiber content since my son will be born during the hottest time of the summer. The idea was to knit something he could wear home from the hospital without getting heatstroke. The pattern was a little too easy. It took me forever because I was bored to tears with it.
The opinions on the hat I received, both solicited and unsolicited, were that it would be too small or that the baby would outgrow it within his first three days. Oh, darn, I'll have to keep knitting for him.
So, I needed to knit some bright colors. I also wanted to make something for my baby. The Newborn Slip Stitch Hat by Polly McEldowney was just the thing.
yay, my pattern! I love the colours you chose - it turned out very pretty!
ReplyDeleteobviously baby head sizes / knitters' gauges vary, but hopefully the hat will last longer than 3 days - some people have been using them up to 6 months!