Well, it worked, and I’m surprised. I used two colors of Koigu kpppm, I don’t know what exact number, but I bought the colors about a year ago. I used the green/lavender ball first, the whole ball, then the blue ball. I have some of that left. I used size 5 needles and this should fit a newborn.
All I had to do to THIS piece was to sew the two shoulder seams and put on some buttons. And it magically transformed into a sweater!
Seven preemie hats to start out a 1 lb, 2 oz baby’s NICU stay. Unfortunately all the hats will be too big. But I’m not sure micropreemies wear hats much, and she certainly won’t be out of her incubator much while she is still intubated. So, seven hats to start with.
This one is made with silver Gedifra Top Soft, which has silk, polyamid, and viscous in it. Sounds yummy. Well, it feels sooo soft and silky. I used the Cabled Baby Hats pattern, but only used four cables instead of five, and cut out a few rows here and there to make it shorter for a smaller preemie.
This one is made with Baby Bee Sweet Delight prints, in a very very light pink with little confetti colors scattered on it. It is acrylic/polyamide. Pattern was Bev’s Baby Ribs Hat.
These three are the Mock Rib and Eyelet Preemie Hat. The pink and blue striped one is made with Bernat Softee Baby, all acrylic. The pink and green one is Baby Bee Sweet Delight Wrap, polyamide and acrylic. The bottom hat is the Baby Bee Sweet Delights Print again.
These two hats are in the Spiral Preemie Cap pattern. The white one is another Gedifra Soft Tops. The multicolored one is just a worsted weight acrylic yarn, possibly Red Heart.
Bailey approves.
I finished my Ice Queen! It took about a week. I used a pearl colored Kidsilk Haze, one ball, and 300 6mm seed beads. I had to learn the open provisional cast on, plus beading. So it was a useful project. I might try it in black alpaca, too.
I made a lacy bias scarf with the worsted weight Prisma. It’s mostly mohair, and scratchy. Pretty, though.
I made a baby blanket, but it is identical to a previous one, so I’m not taking pictures.
I also made a pair of newborn baby booties with sock yarn, a Claudia Hand Painted Yarn.
