Christmas Toys

I've finished up a few toys for the kids for Christmas.  I have a couple more I want to do, a T-Rex for Jayden and a dress up doll for Willow, but for right now I've managed to finish 2 snakes and a stegosaurus.  The knitting on these have been done for quite some time, but I am so bad at finishing - putting on eyes and a face, stuffing the legs and sewing them on.  I hate doing it, so I finish the knitting part and then they get put in a closet.  :)

All of these guys came out of the Knitted Toys book.

 

Willow's Flat Teddy

Because I haven't had nearly enough to do around here (please note sarcasm), I finished up the first thing on my Christmas knitting list.

This is my stocking topping for Willow's stocking this year.  I was going to needle felt some eyes for it and sew those on, but Jayden insisted the bear needed googly eyes, so googly eyes it got!  Hopefully by Christmas Willow will be over tearing off googly eyes so she can put them in her mouth....

This pattern came out of Knitted Toys by Zoe Mellor and I used up some scrap baby cashmerino yarn I had left over from making Nicole's baby blanket!

Baby Shower Gift

I got an invitation to a baby shower in the mail about a week ago for today.  So, I quickly dropped the project I was working on (something for Willow for Christmas), and as fast as I could went to the yarn store and started casting on.  9 days later and this is what I was able to give Kim for her #2 baby boy!

A cute pumpkin hat and a pair of leapfrog pants!

Dress for Willow

I knit up a dress for Willow,  but the yarn I chose has some wool in it, so I knit it up a size smaller with the plans of it being worn more more as a tunic, as soon as the weather here cools off a bit, or maybe when we get to Washington!  And I could hardly believe it when Willow let me actually put it on her.  I think she knows which things I have actually made for her, because she refuses to wear most of them.  :)

And now my pile of all the things I have started this summer are finished, so that means I can officially start knitting for Christmas!!!  (already have my first project started!)

The pattern for this was from Berroco DK Baby.

Retro Rainbow Tie Anyone?

I got bored and decided to knit up a tie.  Why?  Well, why not?  :)

Twisty Baby Pants

I. LOVE. THESE. PANTS!  I have been looking for a knit pant pattern for while, but hadn't run across anything that I felt like I couldn't live without.  That was until I ran across the Leap Frog pattern from Petite Purls.  It helps that all the patterns on that website are free too.  ;)  I think one of my favorite things about the pattern is it knits in room for cloth diapers, so you knit in some short rows in the behind region to make the back of the pants taller than the front, so then there's plenty of room for a diaper, but you aren't all bunchy in the front.  Love it!!  And who doesn't love the really cute braided cable that runs down the legs??  I think I know how I'll be making my kid's Christmas jammies this year!

Robin Hood Jacket

I finished this robin hood jacket up a couple weeks ago, but waited to post it because I know my friend Sabrina looks at Knit Wits every once in awhile, and her baby shower wasn't until today.  The jacket took me a big longer than I thought it would, but I love it so much I'm thinking of starting some for both of my kids for Christmas.  I love how all the cables turned out!

Nike+ Sensor Cozy

My original Nike+ sensor finally died and since it was actually sewn inside the case, I just threw out my knit cozy with the sensor.  I just got my replacement sensor about a week ago and decided today was the day to knit up a new cozy for it so I could attach it to my running shoes!

I just used a bit of scrap sock yarn I had and size 3 needles.
CO 16 stitches and divide it over 2 dpn.

Knit around until the cozy is as tall as the sensor when you fit it inside.  (obviously in the below picture I still had a few more rows to do!)

Before you sew the sensor inside the cozy, use your cast on tail to sew the bottom seam together and then weave the end inside the case.
Fit the sensor right inside the cozy.
Use kitchener stitch to stitch the top closed.
Weave the tail inside the cozy.

Then CO 4 stitches and knit in garter stitch for about 2".
Sew the ends of this piece together to form a circle.
Sew this looped piece diagonally onto the back of your cozy, for your laces to run through.

Attach to your shoe and go for a run!

Watermelon Flower

A friend of mine from StrollerFit asked if I would knit up a blanket for a baby girl that is going to be born in June.  How could I say no???

I saw these colors and I totally thought of Watermelon which I thought was perfect for a summer baby!!!

I once again used Debbie Bliss' Striped Baby Blanket pattern.

And then, since there was a bunch of green yarn left over, I decided I'd make an upside down daisy hat to match the blanket! 
 

For Teresa

I just realized I never posted the rest of what I knit up for Teresa.  I wanted to make sure she got her package before I put up pictures and I think she got it a couple weeks ago.... :)

So, besides the pom-pom bonnet that I already posted, I made her a baby blanket, a pointed baby hat, and I gave her the red booties I knit up.