It suddenly hit me last week that soon I'll have two little guys to knit for. I immediately cast on a sweater for the new baby. I fell in love with this little Sweet Pea Cardigan from 60 Quick Baby Knits. I'm knitting it in Peapod Green Comfy Worsted cotton from Knitpicks. I'm making the hem and edges without the picots since I want it to look a little more boyish and leaving off the ribbon trim and squiggles on the hood. It is working up really cute. I absolutely love the peapods knit into the design.
I have very poor circulation in my feet and I've been trying to keep my feet nice and warm. This is the first winter I've noticed cold really hurting my feet. At night, I have a rice bag that I warm up and tuck into the foot of the bed, but it doesn't seem to hold the heat for very long. I read a book by Rachael Herron that talked about "hotties." Basically hot water bottles with a cover. I got rather inspired. I started looking for hot water bottles to buy and couldn't really find any around town. Looking online, I found lots of negative comments about the most available ones that are made in China. Not really wanting one of these with their questionable materials and odors, I finally located some sold by the Vermont Country Store that are made in Germany with brass fittings in the neck to prevent leaks. I've ordered two. I've also knit a hot water bottle cover from some stash - Rachael's ISBN Cabled Hot Water Bottle Cozy by Yarnagogo, and I bought some Cascade 220 to knit one more.
Since I also have the Little Guy's second hoodie sweater on the needles, to replace the one that shrunk, I have lots of projects to work on. The pictures here are from Ravelry. I'll post pictures of my finished projects when I get them done.
~Jane
