pants and booties

hi there! i have been frantically knitting away for this baby! my work is so difficult and stressful these days that when i get home i am just helplessly exhausted. all i want to do is make baby things, and standing to cut fabric just isn't as appealing recently as sitting in a comfy chair and knitting! :) i have about 12 more weeks to make everything and to prepare myself! amazing!

also, i feel like my knitting skills are rapidly increasing...at least my confidence about them is! i recently made my first pair of knitted longies for the baby. we will be using cotton pre-fold diapers, and wool soakers/covers. i have some commercially made wool covers from a great baby consignment store here in town, but new ones are painfully expensive! so, i have been sewing and knitting away. i will have to do an update later on to talk more about wool for diapering and our stash.




these longies, aside from their ridiculous cuteness, are the home of my first kitchener graft. the crotch gusset looks amazing to me! also, this was the first i-cord i've knitted, and i am not sure why i ever thought it would be hard. the yarn (malabrigo twist) is so very very soft, and the color is amazing. it is much more green-blue than these photos read. oh well.




another pair of tiny booties was made, and i love the gold yarn (leftover manos silk-blend) so much.

ravelry notes here and here.