FO: A wee Jules

Ugh.  Baby clothes are just so anti-climatic without a baby in them.  

I'm kind of at the stage in my life where everyone is having babies all around me.  Babies babies babies.  It makes for a lot of gift-giving, which I'm happy to oblige.  

Mind you, I'm not too committed to this pursuit.  I'm pretty sure that everything I've ever knitted for new babies, and their parents, gets either fitfully thrown from the side of a pram to be mashed into the dirty pavement, or hastily thrown into the washer/dryer on the hottest, most violent cycle by a sleep-deprived zombie.

Oh well.  What can I do?  Buy a gift like everyone else?

 I guess, but that's not my style, baby.

Pattern is called Jules.  The yarn...recognize it?...is leftovers from two previous sweaters, is Queensland Kathmandu Aran, and the orange, is- le sigh- my handspun.  From a spindle.  Don't ask what I was thinking.  It started out as an Ent Batt, and I spun it quite unevenly, but I think it adds to the rustic charm.  

It was gifted to first-time parents and their new Parisian son.  Alas, daddy is obsessed with New York City, so I did what I could to make it the Knickerbocker colors.

If you see this discarded in a heap, felted and shrunk, on the filthy gutters of the Champs Élysées, no worries.  I meant it to be there.  

FO: Petite Facile

I am having one of those days at work that the only thing I have to really happy about is that the girlscout cookies are here. Suddenly, life is good.

I recently made a sweater for a wee one, which never really inspires me. Forgive the boring pictures of a baby sweater without a cute baby bundled up in it. A boy-child yet to be born, but it got sent out with a flourish today as I won't care to figure out where it will be in the grand scheme of things when said baby makes an appearance. Better be safe and get it out early.



I am none too precious with baby clothes. Hence, the worsted weight cotton that I bought at the sale that Suss had when she closed in New York. That was six years ago. I am loathe to make anything but baby clothes from the yarn; it makes my hands ache. It's machine washable and I'm assuming that the precious little bundle of joy will most likely throw up a few times before his first birthday. This uses up the last of my stash of it. Please hold your applause.



I actually have no idea what size mini-person this might fit. Babies are either shockingly small or surprisingly huge to me. If I make something larger then I know it will fit eventually, unless they have a terrible genetic disorder and they end up being a regular guest on Maury Povich. Does he still have a show? Never mind. I don't want to know.


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The sweater pattern is called "Petite Facile" -the "Little Easy" and it's from Interweave Knits Winter 2011 issue. It's written as a solid-color, but, having limited yarn, I saw the opportunity for color blocks. I think it's cute, and it doesn't even look like I was afraid of running out of yarn. Or does it?



It had a fun construction with short-rows for the sleeves and some easy finishing. I made the 3-6 month size, but because I didn't do a gauge swatch, I don't know how accurate this is. It will fit eventually.