Tuesday, July 29, 2008

I went traditional

My long finished baby gifts for the new family additions have been photographed.
First up are the two Peas in a Pod hats (pattern by Susan B. Anderson):

I used Lion Brand Cotton Ease because I already had it in my stash, the hats look good and the pattern was straight forward. The only thing I would change next time would be the yarn, for one reason only: the accompanying simple newborn hats which I knit out of baby bamboo makes them look a lot rougher.
These are my plain baby hats with their little tops:
I love this yarn. It is so soft and nice to work with, it made the cotton blend feel like I was knitting with hemp.
My SIL is doing well and so are the two boys. They named one boy after our dad (actually her dad and mine share the same name, so it works out on both sides of the family) and the other after an uncle. Twins don't run in our family, but they do run in hers. But you did notice the blue and white color schemes, right? Thank goodness I went traditional, all their newborn baby photos are blue and white.