A bit for a baby

A while ago I wrote about a friend of mine who's becoming a dad for the first time. This time is now coming up very soon. And he's stressed out of limits trying to finish his master thesis before the little wonder demands full attention. From the minute I heard about this baby - and even more when I was told the gender - I have been planning to make this little guy a few home made items, cause we all know babies need hand knit.

Since he is due in the middle of August - which is usually the warmest time around here, I have knit mostly in cotton. And as tradition is in Denmark - a baby needs tons of undershirts. I don't see them as often in other countries, but growing up I had these in every colour imaginable, knit by my mum and aunts and grandmothers and in cotton and wool. They are both used as real undershirts and as vests and are really stretchy so they last for quite a while. This one is sized for a new born, took so short time to knit that I might have to make one in wool too, and if I ever get kids there will be 10.000 ready for them I already know.


Baby undershirt

• Pattern : Knit without pattern - but supervised but my mum
  
• Yarn : 100% cotton in light green from stash
  
• Needles : Size 3 mm circ
  
• Size : Newborn
  
• Weight : 40 g
  
• Buttons : 2 orange buttons from a clearout sale last year
  
• Started : A few weekends ago
  
• Finished : Same weekend
  
• For : Little Baby Jeppe
  

While knitting the undershirt I came upon the pattern for little devils hat. I had these too as a baby and while knitting them I have been commented on by aunts and grandmothers who recall knitting these in lunchbreaks - on aunt even knit on it while beeing taken to the hospital to deliever her second child. She had a feeling it might take a while before he popped out, so she wanted to get a last item for him done. She didn't manage to weave in ends, though...



Baby Devil Caps

• Pattern : Sweet Baby Cap by Gro at Gros Blog
  
• Yarn : Light blue Indiecita (100% alpaca fleece, #1560) and some multicoloured cotton from a local supermarked in green/white/gray bought a while ago and intended for a purse.
  
• Needles : For the light blus one size 2.5 mm, for the green/white/gray one size 3 mm.
• Size : The blue one is for a newborn, the other one a bit bigger.
  
• Weight : 18 g blue yarn, 22 g multicoloured - both from stash
  
• Started : A few weeks ago
  
• Finished : Finished very shortly thereafter.
  
• For : Little Baby Jeppe

This is not the very last we'll see for this little one, but for now I'll be off for tea and a cookie.