Another Pebble Vest and Itty Bitty Hat
Here is my second Pebble Vest. You can see my first here along with details on where I found the pattern and the alterations I made. This one was done in Cascade Sierra which is an 80% cotton/20% wool combo. It was my first knitting experience with cotton. Very different from knitting with wool, but I enjoyed it. I especially love the final look of the sweater in this yarn. The hat is from the book Itty Bitty Hats. Rudy thinks it looks like a frog and I kind of agree with him. By the way, for all those who love knitting baby things, Susan Anderson has a knew book that I flipped through the other day called Itty Bitty Toys. It is every bit as cute as her book on hats (could it possibly be even cuter??!!). This book actually could make a non-knitter of toys want to knit toys. The reviewers on Amazon seem to agree with me.
I was able to knit both of these items with one hank of Sierra (something I had in my stash that had originally been bought for a dress for Josephine. It gives me a good feeling to think of Josephine sharing this yarn with her brother). I did make the hat a bit smaller than the pattern called for (0-3 months) because I wanted it to fit right out of the womb and both my kids had smallish heads. Were it not for the alterations, I would not have had enough yarn.
I really can't get enough of this Pebble Vest!



Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 09:50AM