This little darling is Noémie, born to my friends Ashley and Brian this summer. HOW CUTE is this photo shoot riffing on the honey color of the blanket that I knit for her?? As much as I love the adorableness of teeny-tiny baby clothes, I’ve long since learned that better baby gifts are ones they don’t grow out of. This blanket pattern is Milestones by Aimee Alexander. It’s reversible and has a cool optical illusion effect that kinda looks 3-D; check it out from this angle:
The yarn is Knit Picks Swish DK in the “honey” colorway. Another thing I’ve learned over the years is to always knit for babies in superwash yarn, because being able to machine wash & dry things for babies is kinda important, apparently.
I knit another baby blanket earlier this year, also reversible & also superwash:
This was for Juniper, the daughter of my friends Jackie & Robin, who was born right at the start of the pandemic. I did not think to start a blanket for her until she had already arrived, so this was my comfort knitting in the early days of lockdown. Isn’t it awesome?? This is Frankie Brown’s Ten Stitch Blanket, which is knit in a spiral out from the middle. I LOVED knitting this and aspire to knit more of these, especially with long-color-repeat yarns like this. I knit this in Knit Picks Chroma in worsted weight, in the “Pegasus” colorway.
Juniper has a big sister named Moji (short for Imogen), and I decided to knit her a “big sister” gift:
This is “Elijah” by Ysolda, my all-time favorite stuffy pattern. It’s easy and intuitive, not too fiddly, and the results are instantly recognizable, cute, and different from your everyday teddy bear. This one was made from random leftover yarn that I had lying around; I think the gray is Caron Simply Soft and I have no idea what the purple was. I’ve made a bunch of these over the years, and looking through my archives, I’ve realized that I may never have actually posted the squad of three of them that I knit for three different babies the last time I visited the east coast (several years ago). Behold:
I’ve been knitting for myself too, of course, and I’m hoping to catch up on some blocking & photographing over winter break since I’m not going much of anywhere…. stay tuned!