The Year that Was

Last year seemed to be dominated by baby knitting. Four of the girls from work had babies - two girls and two boys. I really enjoyed knitting this outfit. Intarsia is always  a favourite technique for me. I don't usually like stripes, but this knit went well. I used stash yarn.

It is Bellyphant Baby Cardigan by Jennifer Little

I thought the neck was too high, so I lowered it a bit.

I also improvised the hat pattern to make an outfit. 

I liked the blue and navy stripes, so repeated them in the hoodie for boy number two. For the hoodie I chose a cotton blend yarn, as his family now lives at Mt Tom Price, way up in the north west of Australia. It has a fairly hot climate. I improvised the pattern as I couldn't find one which I liked.

The zip was sewn in by machine and went in easily.

This is one of the girl's outfits. It was a Sirdar pattern I bought on 

Patternfish. The hat was a free Spotlight pattern. 

    

For girl number two I gave this cardi, which was my own
design.I had knitted this previously. I didn't have any of the
 pink yarn left,so I did the matching hat in white and lilac.

I was happy with the way the hat turned out.