finally pictures of the baby blanket

ok so this has been set on the back burner and hasnt been picked up and worked on lately. but i went ahead and finally took some pictures of it. its just so hard to want to work on knitting heavy things when the weathers warm. i would rather knit small items that dont roast me. i am sure when the weather cools off i will quickly finish this up. so here it is...

 

k so the photos kinda suck, and you really can't see the pattern well at all, especially with the fiber i picked. but trust me its very lovely in person!

finished wash cloths

so i finally finished up on my wash cloths. ya i've been dragin my feet. sorry, i just hate weaving all those little ends in and i had 14 to do. in the end it took me longer to get around to weaving in teh ends then it did to knit all of them. silly hu?

so heres the pictures of the finished products.

double bump

recycled cotton

bamboo

and bamboo scraps and ends

basket weave

bamboo

stokinett with seed border

bamboo

i made a variety of sizes from tiny 4x4 new born on up. i did up a few in the cotton for a little more cleaning power but did most of them in the super soft bamboo for gentleness on new born skin. the stockinett are ridiculously soft! i figure the waffle is  a good medium and the double bump should give the most scrub for poopy bums. 

i'm allergic to the chemicals they put on wipes so we will be using these on the little beans bum. i will likely put some aside for bath time and keep others for bum duty. thats where the colors will come in handy. i might break down and buy some cheapy baby wash cloths to toss in the diaper bag for bums washes on the go. can't wait to see how they hold up and to compare home made to store bought!

i do have some more cotton that i am wanting to make up a few burp cloths with and any extra may go to more wash cloths. i know it seems like allot, but if you think how many times a day you need to wipe down a bum... well, can you have too many?

wee beans a girl!

had our second ultra sound yesterday and it's official. wee bean is in fact a girl, lol. we already knew that, but now we have confirmation.


my prenatal depression has been really bad, and i haven't been crafting. need to deal with some dr stuff and try to get myself back to me. if i can pull it off i will be back to playing catch up with baby goodies.

finished

finished off 5 skeins of yarn on wash cloths. going to finish up the last of the one i'm working on then likely get some more pics up.

am thinking of using the yarn scraps to make log cabin washies and or burpy towels, depending on how big they turn out.

knitting at the ob's

finished up yet another wash cloth while sitting at the ob's today. 8 washies down.

pics of washies

the large green wash cloth is recycled cotton worked in a double bump pattern. the large multicolored washy is worked in a  basket weave pattern, and is 100% bamboo. the rest are all 100% bamboo,  there are three light green, a double bump, a basket weave and a traditional stockinette stitch with seed stitch edging. there are two cream 100% bamboo both worked in double bump, one is slightly larger than the other.

the top photo shows the three sizes. the next shows the three patterns and the last is just for fun showing off the great multi yarn.

washies

i have finished five new born sized wash cloths and two bigger baby/kid sized. the new born are all around 4-5" square and the bigger ones are more like 7-8" square.

am working the new born sizes in the baby soft bamboo yarns and will work up the bigger ones mainly just in the cottons.

and yes, yes, i know. i still really need to get some pics up. maybe i'll work on that and give my hands a little break from knitting.