Tag Archives: quick knits

Booties, Bonnets and Blankets, Oh My!

12 Feb

I finished the Cutie Booties and the Easy Peasy Sock Hat for my friend’s gift. The last piece I wanted to add to the collection was a blanket. I have seen lots of cute custom blankets around lately and figured there has to be a tutorial around that could help me make a simple baby blanket. [...]

Easy Peasy, Itty Bitty Sock Hat

9 Feb

I’ve completed the next piece of the gift set for my friend who is expecting. This part is the Easy Peasy Newborn Sock Hat by Keri McKiernan. It’s a free pattern available for free over at Knitty Gritty Thoughts, another blog I frequent. This was another nice way to use up remaining stash sock yarn. I [...]

Cutie Bootie

7 Feb

This Saartje’s Bootees pattern by Saartje de Bruijn is a MUST HAVE in any knitter’s library. It is the perfect baby knit and the perfect use for remaining stash sock yarn. They are knit on straight needles and cleverly written to easily shape a bootie. I used size 1 needles, which I have trouble with, they [...]

Lace Brim Hat

9 Jan

I finished a hat for my grandmother’s friend. This is a free pattern, designed by Brenda Lewis, and available on Ravelry. I liked the look of the adaptation my friend over at PeacefullyKnitting did with this pattern and also decided to only repeat the lace three times. It was a very simple knit with a lot [...]

Gift to Be Square

12 Jun

LOL- my stupid titles make me giggle. I thought this title was perfect for this post. Our knitting group recently finished up a project for a fellow knitter in our group who is expecting very soon. We all decided to do a “knit a square” baby afghan. I was in charge of picking out the [...]

Baby Sweater for Quick Britches

3 Jun

My new little niece or nephew needs a matching sweater for his/her new britches. I am working another great pattern, Nash’s Garter Stitch Baby Sweater from “One More Skein”. It seems this book has come in VERY handy. I love this book. This sweater very nice. I am using Blue Sky Alpacas Organic Cotton and [...]