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posted 6 May 05 & filed under knitting, lacy baby bonnet

my niece kiyra will be baptised later this month and i’d been trying to decide what to make as a gift. i kept waffling and finally yesterday it just clicked and i decided on erika knight’s beautiful lacy bonnet from her ‘knitting for two’ book that i got our from the library (can i mention again how much i love the l.a. library system – you can get anything!)

i couldn’t find cotton wool in any pretty baby colors – only shocking fuschias and moody purples, so instead i went with an off-white baby cashmerino and last night i sat down and knitted the whole thing in one night. (i knew joining the baby kal would help me motivate ;) ) following the suggestions made to sweet georgia when she made her own lacy bonnet, i’m not going with the ribbon suggested in the book but instead knit a delicate icord. also, i still have to finish what you see here—it’s ugly: pick up over 50 stitches at the edge and knit two rows. might not sound ugly to you but i’m really really bad at picking up stitches, ugh!

anyhow, my question to you all is: it only took about 1/2 of the baby cashmerino skein (i love that! the book called for two skeins of wool cotton) so i’m thinking if i have time in the next week before i have to send it off, i should make some booties or socks for my sweet niece. however, therein lies the problem: can anyone suggest a good pattern? a while back, i tried making some debbie bliss booties but there was too much seaming and weaving in ends and it ended up making the booties too stiff. i’ve read good things about the last minute gifts’ booties but i don’t have access to that book except if i buy it, which i don’t want to do. the snb nation booties look ok but i don’t know how well they’d work with cashmerino.

this is my first time knitting with this yarn and it was so heavenly—so soft and luxurious feeling, perfect to lay against a baby’s cheek. definitely not the ideal knit for a new mom who shouldn’t have to handwash anything but i figured it’s for a baptism, so it’s gotta be special.

have a great weekend everyone—and i’m talking to all you non-mdsw folk out there, cause i know the lucky ones will indeed have a great weekend.

Comments

what a lovely bonnet!

a while back i made a pair of booties from ‘knitting pretty’ by kris percival, and they were v.v. easy:

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~ jess (May 6, 11:23 AM#)

ha ha.. girl, we’re knitting the exact same things right now. I just finished making the lacy bonnet, and need to make the i-cords. my i-cording skills suck-ass.. so i ordered one of those nifty i-cord makers …hopefully it’ll come before next saturday, cuz that’s when I need to present the little cherub with the bonnet. I am thinking either booties or mittens for the leftover yarn.. since this little cherub likes to scratch her face. oh and guess what? we’re both in LA! ha ha. don’t we envy those MDSW folks..

~ winnie (May 6, 12:42 PM#)

I just read your “about me” section. What the f***? We’re on the same campus?! I’m in the engineering/geeeky side of campus. bwa ha. we might have walked past each other without ever realizing it.

~ winnie (May 6, 12:49 PM#)

Cute bonnet…what booties did Felicia make to go with? Have you seen the ones in the Summer IK?

And, I am so amazed you got the yarn already! Yay! Have a great weekend, I know I will: I’ll be planting in the garden. :)

~ Liz (May 6, 02:06 PM#)

cute!! knitted goodies from an aunt—so sweet. i’m with you; i LOVE good libraries.

~ meowgirl (May 7, 01:03 AM#)

liz ~ i didn’t see any booties, what booties? i saw the ones in the summer ik but they weren’t screaming out at me. hmm, i’m thinking mittens, as winnie posted on her website, might be a good idea since kiyra has a tendancy to rip her hair out (!).

also, ladies, please note that this is not a blazing white bonnet, but an every-so-slightly off-white that is much more pleasing to the eye than the picture suggests.

thanks for the comments! ;)

~ andrea (May 9, 11:24 PM#)

I suggest the “Better than Booty Baby Socks” online free pattern from Interweave knits website.

So far I like the cable rib and the Chevron lace the best—not a fan of ruffle ribs! There’s a photo of the cable rib on my blog from a few weeks back.
:-)

OH – PS—your “final” package was postedon Tuesday from NYC! :-)
Cheers!

~ Kimberli (May 12, 05:23 AM#)

I am knitting Erica Knight’s bootees from her book Cherished Babies. They look great in baby cashmerino and are dead quick to make.

~ Anne (May 25, 08:07 AM#)

has anyone found an errata page for Erika Knight patterns? I am knitting up (well, trying) the socks in the Cherubs book and am having a tough time. I’ve heard there are multiple errors in that book but cannot find any online. Any ideas? Thanks! :o)

~ Michon (May 30, 10:37 PM#)