Knitting Journal: Knitted baby gift set

 

I thought I would share the baby gift set I have been knitting for our friends baby.  When my partner told me they were having a baby I hadn't realised how soon their baby was due, any day now! So I quickly started to knit up this gift set for the baby. 

 [Start of image description for image above: A photo of a set of knitted booties, mittens and, beanie on top of a wooden table. On top of the photo at the top is a white rectangle with the words "knitting journal". Underneath is a sage green rectangle with two white stripes and the words "Project: Knitted baby gift set" and at the bottom the words "Cozy Woodland Cottage Knits. blogspot.com. End of image description.]

Project details

Project: Knitted baby gift set 

Start date:  February 2021

Finish date: February 2021

Status: Finished

Patterns used and the designers: 

• Baby beanie designed by Angela Harrison at Cozy Woodland Cottage Knits
• Baby booties designed by Angela Harrison at Cozy Woodland Cottage Knits
• Baby mittens designed by Angela Harrison at Cozy Woodland Cottage Knits

Pattern skills needed

• Cast on and cast off
• Knit
• Purl
• Increases by knitting into the front and back (KFB)
• Increases by purling into the front and back (PFB)

[Start of image description for above image: A sage green rectangle and the words "Knitted baby gift set for a friends baby". At the top is a white rectangle with the words "knitting journal".  Underneath is a photo of the baby beanie on the left side. On the right side at the top is a photo of a pair of baby booties on a wooden table photo. At the bottom right is a photo of a pair of baby mittens. End of image description.]

Materials 

Yarn weight: DK/8Ply 

Yarn used:  

• Varigated pink, purple, light orange and, light peach yarn 

Place yarn bought from: 

• Given to me, I'm not sure of the brand of the yarn as there is no yarn band. 

Needle sizes used: 

• 4 1/2mm straight needles (30cm long)

Other tools used:

• Scissors
• Yarn needle/ tapestry needle 
• Tape measure 

[Start of image description: A photo of a beanie with a pair of booties on the left and a pair of mittens on a wooden table. 

About the project 

As its summer here I knitted this set a few sizes bigger so it should fit my friends baby girl around autumn sometime depending on how big the baby grows and we all know how quickly they can grow.  I made a beanie for the cooler days to keep baby nice and warm, booties to keep her feet toasty and mittens both for the cooler weather and to stop her from scratching herself as baby's often do with their little nails. I also knitted another beanie for baby as she doesn't have many in lime green with variegated green, yellow and white at the top as I run out of the lime green yarn I was using. Unfortunately, I forgot to take a photo of that beanie, I knitted it a bit bigger too so it should fit her around winter time.  Here is a few photos of closer up photos of the baby beanie, booties and, mittens. 

[Start of image description: A knitted baby beanie that has been knitted in a a purple, pink, light peach and light orange varigated yarn on a wooden table. End of image description.]

[Start of image description: A pair of knitted baby mittens that has been knitted in a a purple, pink, light peach and light orange varigated yarn on a wooden table. End of image description.]

[Start of image description: A pair of knitted baby booties that have been knitted in a a purple, pink, light peach and light orange varigated yarn on a wooden table. End of image description.]

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[Start of image description: a wooden table with a baby beanie, pair of  baby mittens and, a pair of baby booties.  Underneath is a sage green rectangle with the words "Cute gift set for a baby girl. I thought I would share the baby gift set I have been knitting for our friends baby girl. When my partner told me I hadn't realised their baby was due any day so I quickly knitted up this set for them. End of image description.]

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