For the most part, I am still churning away on Christmas gifts (and other gifts) but I did manage to squeeze in one baby knit last week.
This is the Kiddie Cadet, a free download on Ravelry. I made this for my friend’s little 3 month old daughter. It really turned out precious I think.
I used size 5 needles and a very small amount of Rowan Calmer (less than 1/2 skein) to produce a VERY STRETCHY hat. This was my first time using Calmer and I was not disappointed! I’ve had this brown in my stash for several years now so I was happy to get to use it for this project. I am now definitely a Calmer fan.
I am most impressed with the little brim of this hat – I messed up the count somewhere along the way but everything turned out fine. I am very pleased with the outcome!
For the little flower I used a pattern I found on ravelry for a 2-layered crochet flower (right now I cannot seem to locate it) and only did the first round. I used Lion Brand Cotton Ease in Lake. This yarn is so splitty!! I think this is just a bad skein b/c it is very faded and just all around unpleasant in comparison to the other skeins of cotton ease I have used. (In fact, my most favorite amigurumi to date is made from Lion Brand cotton ease in almond and it is the softest thing ever.)
