{"id":3420,"date":"2014-10-26T15:49:04","date_gmt":"2014-10-26T22:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.tincanknits.com\/?p=3420"},"modified":"2020-08-06T09:44:18","modified_gmt":"2020-08-06T16:44:18","slug":"baby-crazy-knitting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.tincanknits.com\/2014\/10\/26\/baby-crazy-knitting\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Crazy Knitting!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"BodhiWhile working on Road Trip<\/a>, Emily and I were both pregnant…and the nearer to the release date the more pregnant we got!<\/h3>\n

Max and Bodhi are about 5 weeks apart with birthdays in June and July. Picture it now: 2 tired and sick pregnant ladies writing a book with an 8 hour time difference…it was epic.\u00a0 The best part though? Baby knits!!!<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Shortly after Bodhi was born I became completely obsessed with the idea of matching sweaters. I’ve always been a fan but it was suddenly a very pressing need. Jonesies’ Caribou sweater<\/a> was hot off the needles, so while we were on a photoshoot in the Rockies I cast on for the Bodhi size. It was only a couple of skeins of Brooklyn Tweed Shelter, no time at all really… the same amount of knitting as a hat right? When that was blocking my fingers got itchy. I’d already knit 2, what was one more? Thus this picture was created!<\/p>\n

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Alexa does excessive amounts of baby knitting :::<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Next I had the brilliant late night idea (you might know how that goes) to start a Road Trip<\/a> wardrobe for Bodhi. She suddenly seemed (in the August heat) like she might need a hat..maybe Stovetop<\/a>… and what about a Prairie Fire sweater<\/a>? It’s only a few hundred yards, just a couple of evenings and I would be done!<\/p>\n

\"Prairie<\/a><\/p>\n

Instead of getting it out of my system it only made things worse! Well, I had to make another Clayoquot Cardigan to create our Steeking tutorial<\/a> (no, a swatch certainly wouldn’t suffice), and Apple Pie needed a tutorial too…<\/p>\n

It seems there may be more matching knits in their future too, since I mainly choose earthy colours I really only need to knit the Hunter sized version, the other two will happily wear the hand-me-downs. I have visions of Antler and Gramps, maybe Campfire or Flax…the matching possibilities are endless!<\/p>\n

\"Caribou<\/a><\/p>\n

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Emily’s new knitwear model :::<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n

With Alexa as an inspiration, it was only a matter of time before I started my own stack of baby knits!\u00a0 When Max was only a twinkle in his father’s eye (what a quaint expression!), I began whipping up little hats, cardigans and blankets.\u00a0 I felt it was important to prepare for the day when I would have a tiny knitwear model of my own to dress up!\u00a0 Here are a few of the highlights of his first 3 months (in knits!):<\/p>\n

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3 Days old… I was surprised that none of Max’s baby-size hats fit him when he was a newborn… who knew they had such tiny heads?!\u00a0 This is a tiny Stovetop<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Clayoquot<\/a>
So with tiny newborn heads in mind, I knit a teeny tiny Clayoquot Toque (check out the free pattern!)<\/a>, but then I mislaid it for a few weeks… and now it’s too small! Lesson #2… babies heads grow very quickly!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Vivid<\/a>
4 weeks old… I designed the Vivid blanket<\/a><\/span> with babies on my mind… and dyed up this blanket kit<\/a> to make the perfect rainbow blanket! \u00a0 A contented Max is wearing a tiny version of our free pullover pattern Flax<\/a>, knit in sock-weight yarn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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3 Months … I think our Flax pullover<\/a> is a perfect baby knit… it’s fast, unisex and you can jazz it up with stripes, as I have here (it’s knit in Rainbow Heirloom Sweater<\/a> in ‘young temptress’ and ‘black cherry’)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Prairie<\/a>
This lime green prototype version of the Prairie Fire pullover <\/a>is knit in Rainbow Heirloom Sweater <\/a>in ‘almost spring’.\u00a0 The short sleeves make it a perfect layering piece!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lastly, this isn’t a new knit – it is one of the original baby Antler cardigan<\/a> samples (knit by Alexa)… but I couldn’t resist sharing Max’s super satisfied grin…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There are certainly more adorable baby knits on the horizon… stay tuned and keep your needles ready!<\/p>\n

Some more adorable baby knits…<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"Clayoquot\"<\/a>\"Cable<\/a>\"Gramps<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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