The Baby Pack

My first baby pack is now done and delivered. I friend from my office is becoming a dad one of these days (should have been Tuesday, but the little guy seems to be quite comfortable in there...) and I wanted to make a few things for him. And since the dad is pretty into cleaning and handling things right, I added little cards with the name of each item on the front and fiber and washing instructions on the back - the dad was pleased to be able to collect them in his box of washing instructions for everything he own. I knew that would be a winner with him!


I have already written about most of these things so I'll spare you - if anyone's interested details can be found here and here. I did also finish a few more items to put in the pack. This is my first attempt on Saartje's Bootees but I totally get why they are so popular. One evenings television watching and there they are.



Saartje's Bootees

• Pattern : Saartje's Bootees from Saartje Knits (Ravelry link)
  
• Yarn : Babyuld in dark blue
  
• Needles : Dpns size 2.5 mm
  
• Size : Very Newborn
  
• Weight : 10 g from stash
  
• Buttons : 4 flowers from Fandango - which happens to be my new neighbor. Yay!!!
  
• Started : Last week
  
• Finished : New day
  
• For : Little Mr Jeppe
  

I also finished what I was working on here. The father plans for Mr Jeppe to become a professional football player, so I better get him started.


Crochet Pentagon Ball

• Pattern : 12 crochet pentagons joined with chain crocheting
  
• Yarn : 100 % cotton - 4 main colors for the pentagons and joined with green.
  
• Hook : Size 3 mm
  
• Size : 40 cm around the waist - or circumference to be propper
  
• Weight : 42 g before filling - all together 102 g - and all from stash
  
• Started : Friday 24th of July
  
• Finished : Wednesday 12th of August
  
• For : Little Mr Jeppe
  

This ball came out of playing with yarn and having forgot my knitting needles at home - but finding a crochet hook in the bottom of my bag. I made one pentagon a day and made sure they are all different - 12 combinations when I used 4 colors and need two colors in each. So they are pairwise alike. (I even thought about showing it to my combinatorics professor - I think he would appreciate it!)

I joined the pentagons by chain stitches and made sure no adjoining edges where the same color. Yes, that is something to make a little mathematician happy. I sew up an almost round 'thing' to fill with doll filling and a bell so that small fingers can't get to it. And put this almost round thing inside the ball. Another one of the guys from my office has already asked if he can have a ball like this for his birthday.


For a long time I have been reading about freezer paper and stenciling with it. Here in Denmark we don't usually use this waxed paper but last week I found it in a supermarket and had to give it a go. The bag is sewn out of some of my mums old tablecloths she has been kind enough to give me to play with. It is thick cotton and really sturdy. It's lined with thinner blue cotton - the same as for the straps. I stenciled a J for Jeppe and some stars on the front, filled it with the knitted goodies and gave it to the parents-to-be yesterday. Now he can come out to play!

Another friends baby will come around in November. The mother was here yesterday - and told me that she really would like a bag too. But this little guy is not named yet so I'll have to come up with something else that a letter. I'm thinking animals and numbers - since the mum-to-be is a biologist/mathematician...

And just as an exstra plus - I used 157 g making this. I might not sound like much but at least it was all from stash and more baby knitting is already on it's way.