Well, my daughter Karrie has had her baby shower! It was this past Saturday and went smoothly! Phew!
So now I can post a picture of the White Baby Layette that I made for my baby gift. I made an afghan that matches the stitch detail on the bottom of the cardigan but did not get a picture of it. It was just acrylic - yarn and pattern book from Mary Maxim in Port Huron, MI.
I just fell in love with the Nashua pattern for the TINY little beige cardigan and booties! As soon as I saw the pattern and the yarn, I said to myself, "Self, you just have to make that for the new baby." The yarn is Natural Focus Ecologie Cotton from Nashua. Organic cotton in a natural tan with kind of a greenish cast to it, slightly varigated ( Curcuma # 0083). I made the 0-3 months size and it is adorable!
I just was reading a blog somewhere recently where the knitters were discussing what knitted baby gifts were well received. The Nashua cardigan certainly was. There was a lot of oooing and ahhhing. Of course mine were also the only handmade items that were given. (There was a handsewn pillow with machinery embroidery. Guess that counts as handmade? I count it when I do it on my embroidery machine. LOL)
Guess, that's about it for tonight. I was anxious to post the photos but did not want my daughter to see them before see opened them!
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