Category Archives: BABY

60 Quick Baby Knits

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60 Quick Baby Knits $21.95
What a great idea!  This book compiles 60 great patterns for babies using the same versatile, soft, affordable, and washable yarn – Cascade 220 Superwash. The yarn comes with PLENTY of yardage (200m fpr 100g) and costs a very reasonable $10. And as for the patterns, there’s lots to choose from: sweaters, blankets, hats, slippers, leg warmers, dresses, jumpers, mittens, and socks. The skill levels are varied, as are the aesthetics, so there’s something there for everyone. 

Color Square Blanket

Garter Stitch Jacket

Smock Dress


As always, you can find us at Knitomatic.com!


New Sublime Baby Patterns Books

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Sublime Book 648
The Exquisite Little Baby Silk & Bamboo DK Book 
Sublime has delivered another in their line of astonishingly cute (if cuteness can astonish) baby patterns in their new yarn, Baby Silk & Bamboo DK.  The book contains Sublime’s usuall selection of beautiful, stylish, and wearable baby clothes for both boys and girls. Patterns include sweaters (pullovers and cardigans), a coat, hats, booties, a blanket, a vest, and a very cute romper. Book $20.

The yarn, Baby Silk & Bamboo DK, has a very soft and silky composition of 80% bamboo and 20% silk.  It is machine washable, but I always use the delicate cycle just to be safe.  It knits up a standard 22 sts & 28 rows on 4mm needles, 50g/95m. Yarn $9 ea.


Sublime Book 649
The Eighth Little Sublime Hand Knit Book
Pictures aren’t available yet for this little book, but it’s full of vintage inspired sweaters for boys and girls. It is heavy on texture, lots of beautiful arans, a couple simple fair isles, and some simpler cardies for girls. They yarn used is a DK weight, so Debbie Bliss Cashmerino DK or Cascade 220 Superwash Sport would both work. 


As always, you can find us at Knitomatic.com.




New Free Pattern – Simple Crochet Ripple Baby Blanket

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Pattern by Haley Waxberg

Skill Level: Beginner

Notes
The pattern repeat for this blanket is 14 +2 sts, so if you want to increase or reduce the size of your project, add or subtract stiches in multiples of 14. Each ripple measures approximately 4”. Additionally, don’t be afraid to skip over part of the colourway if it isn’t working, sometimes Noro throws in a colour that’s a dud.
Resources for New Crocheters
The Crocheter’s Companion by Nancy Brown is an excellent reference resource.
StitchDiva also has excellent tutorials: http://www.stitchdiva.com/custom.aspx?id=53
There are also helpful video tutorials on youtube titled The Art of Crochet by Teresa: http://www.youtube.com/user/tjw1963
Size
26”wx30”l (30”wx35”l)unblocked

Materials

3(4) skeins Noro Taiyo, 100g/200m (colour used for small sample, colour 20 used for large)

5mm/H crochet hook
Gauge
approx 17 sts & 5 rows = 4” in ripple stitch
Abbreviations
ch chain
dc double crochet
dc3tog double crochet 3 together
Techniques
dc3tog
(Yarn over hook, insert hook in next stitch, yarn over hook and pull up loop, yarn over hook, draw through 2 loops), repeat instruction in brackets 3 times {you should have 4 loops on hook}, yarn over hook, draw through all loops on hook.

As always, you can find us at Knitomatic.com!

Unbelievably Cute Baby (&Kid) Knits!

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Sirdar also makes some unimaginably cute baby knits (actually, the pattern range from birth up to 7 years)!  Click on the links below the pictures to see the patterns inside. As always, you can find us at www.knitomatic.com.
Sirdar 382 – Nursery Knits $15.50

Sirdar 347 – Ooh La La!  $15.50

Sirdar 369 – Little Brits in Spiffing Knits $15.50


New Book: Design It, Knit It Babies by Debbie Bliss

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Design It, Knit It Babies by Debbie Bliss $31.95 (hardcover)
“Design It, Knit It Babies” is the follow-up to Debbie Bliss’s great adult book “Design It, Knit It”.  It comes with all of her knowledge and experience, but this time specializes in knits for babies. Each chapter comes with 2 patterns for all kinds for baby knits (cardies, blankets, jackets, pullovers, dresses, itts, scarf, beret, and legwarmers). Additionally, it includes knitter’s graph paper, alphabet charts and nursery motif charts. There are even pictures at the back you can use to make hand made tags for your gifts! A great resource for sure!

NEW – Dream in Color Baby!

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Dream in Color Baby – $28.50
All of the yarns from Dream in Color have been so yummy that I thought, despite the early onset of Summer in our nook of the world, I really must forge forward and order their skinniest yarn, Baby. As always, the colours are stunning in their depth and subtlety, and the way the yarn is dyed gives you a rare opportunity to use a variegated yarn that won’t fight with or upstage detailed lace work (or cables, etc).
  • Between Laceweight and Light Fingering (like a really thin sock yarn)
  • 2ply, 100% Machine Washable Merino Wool
  • 4 oz (approx 125g)
  • 700 yards/638m
  • 9 to 10 sts/inch
  • 2.25mm to 2.75mm needles (US 1 to 2) or larger 
  • See Baby on Ravelry
Now, if you are already a lace knitter, you know what to do with it, or at least what you can do with it, and what you’d like to do with it (and if you are of a certain mind about your yarns you know what you’d like to do to it.)  But a lot of people find skinny yarns daunting, so here is a list of things you may not have known about skinny yarns:
  1. Skinny yarns can not make you skinnier (unless you find a way to knit while on a recumbent bike) but they are extremely flattering. The thinner a textile is, the less bulk it will put on you. People who are all angles may prefer something thicker to fill them out, but for those with curves or all types skinny yarn can be beneficial.
  2. Thin yarns are great for crochet, which can work up much faster that knitting!
  3. Hold a stand of thin yarn along with another yarn to bulk it up just a bit and add more dimension to the colour (choose a colour that is close or complementary with your main yarn). Mohairs and fuzzy yarns work especially well with a carrier yarn. 
  4. Thin yarns go a looooong way!  The skinnier a yarn, the more distance  you’ll get out of it, which means that a project will cost you less than if you used a thicker yarn.
Our Favourite Project Ideas for Baby

Summer Tulips Baby Cardie Kits

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Cotton Tulips Baby/Toddler Cardie Kits  $56.50
We’ve put together some kits for the very popular Tulips baby cardigan with Mission Falls 1824 Cotton – it is 100% machine washable and kid tested!  The kit contains 9 skeins of yarn in 8 colours (which we have co-ordinated and labelled for you to make life easier), and the easy to follow and easy to knit pattern. 5mm circular, 5mm double pointed needles, and stitch markers are not included in the kit, but we can throw that together for you too. The kit includes enough yarn to make up to a roomy 2 year old sweater, but if you want to make something in a larger size we can add the extra yarn you’ll need (just a few balls). Pattern sizes run from 6month to 6 years. If you are making a baby size you’ll have enough yarn left over to make a second sweater with the colours shuffled. 

   
Girl’s Colour Combos: Muted (see our sample) and Bright

   
Boy’s Colour Combos: Bright and Muted

The toddler in your life can inspect insects in a bright, pretty Tulips sweater!

Easy Baby Hoodie Class

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027 by you.

Easy Baby Hoodie Workshop

Skill Level: intermediate, Instructor Liane Schwarz
Monday Mar 15 & 22, 6:00-8pm

Whether you need baby steps to get you over the sweater hump or you need a present for your favourite munchkin, this is the class for you! Learn how to read a sweater pattern, how to shape a raglan yoke, how to make sleeves, how to pick up stitches for front banding and necklines, how to make basic button holes, and how to put it all together in the end. You must know how to cast-on, and how to knit and purl.

  • Class consists of 2 sessions over 2 weeks
  • $90 + tax (includes materials)

NEW Mission Falls Tulips Baby Cardie Kit

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NEW Mission Falls Tulips Baby Cardie Kit ~ $65

We really liked the Tulips baby cardie pattern, but the yarn it was designed in (which is gorgeous) doesn’t it into everyone’s budget. So what we did is swap in Mission Falls 1824 Merino Wool in some kits to help spread the love. The kit comes with the pattern and 9 balls of Mission Falls in 8 colours, enough to make a size 6-9 months, although it knits up a bit thicker to a 22″ chest (according to the Craft Yarn Council a 22″ chest is supposed to fit a 3 year old, but I’m not buying it. The sweater in this kit should definitely fit an 18 month old and possibly a 2 year old). 

The kit is currently available in 2 colourways, Autumnal (above), and Traditional (below). Of course, we can always dream up your own colourway too!

Tulpis Baby Kit

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This is a simple cardigan knit in the round from the top-down. The yarn is 100% merino wool and machine washable. The pattern is easy to follow and a quick, satisfying baby knit! There should be enough yarn in the kit to make the first 3 sizes (6-9mo, 12-18mo, 2 yrs). The colour sequence for this kit is different than the pattern but that is the only change. $57.


Kit Includes
• 3 x 115m of Dream in Color ‘Classy’
• 1 x 227m of Dream in Color ‘Classy’
• Dream in Color Tulips Baby Cardigan Pattern
• Eucalan or Soak packet
• Garment Label
• Zippered Kit Bag

Kit Does NOT Include
• 4.5mm-29” circular needles
• 4.5mm double pointed needles
• 3.75mm-29” circular needles
• 3.75mm double pointed needles
• 4 stitch markers
• tapestry needle
• scrap yarn
• measuring tape
• scissors