Pram suits

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Many years ago when I had my first daughter,  as a leaving present I was brought a little red and white knitted pram suit, from one of the girls I worked with.

I did make a little set for my first grandson Edward using fisherman's rib and now I'm going to made one for my new grandson Matthew.

So I've been looking through my patterns some going back over 40 yrs and I selected a number of patterns I want to make, with various patterns on the jumpers, I'm going to mix and match jumpers to leggings from different patterns, I'm going to make 2 piece sets rather than onesies for ease of nappy changes.

 I think the smaller suits I'll do with feet, and from 6 months as trousers, but you'll see I made these two as trousers.

These will ideal for the autumn and winter months, and are also perfect for using in car seats when babies cant wear their coats, they can be lifted straight out of the car seats and into their prams without having to mess about putting coats on.

I'll start with a new born one first to see how they look and ask a few people what they think and then I'll make them in various sizes up to a year.

                                                        A selection of patterns

                                                        A selection of yarns

                                        Hoodie and leggings pictures

I made this set using white yarn specked with orange and green and white leggings with cuffs and waist band in contrasting yarn, this one fits a 16" chest 0-3 months 

And this one in yellow, green and white to fit 14" chest new born ideal for bringing your new baby home from hospital.

So I've made 2 so far I'm hoping to make a few more at a later date.

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Edwards new scarf

 

My grandson asked for a new scarf over Christmas, so I let him pick the colours he wanted, so the scarf will be in pear green & baby pink stripes with a little fox face on each end.

Next we looked on the internet for a fox face chart and found one he liked the best.

So here it is, I posted it down to him and I hid a few chocolate coins as a surprise and he insisted on wearing to nursery to show his friends :)

 

Tiny Cardigans

For the smallest member of the family.

For many years at craft fairs I've been asked for small baby items for earlier born babies, so with this in mind I've been making a few little sets for my next craft fair.

These will fit a 12" chest which if roughly 6lb to 7lb in weight, all made in double knit so the are warm but not to bulky.

I'm also going to make a few 10" sets for even smaller babies weighing in at around 5lb to 6lb 

This set is made using #Womens Institute white with white striped buttons and matching hat and mitts.

This little matinee jacket is made using #Stylecraft special in Peach with orange spotted buttons with hat and mitts.

Here's a little blue and white combo is made with #James C Brett supersoft and navy buttons also with matching hat and mitts

This V neck set is made from  #Womens Institute pale blue and has spotted buttons and matching hat and mitts 

Theses are all super soft  so any new baby will not only be warm and cosy too. 

And 25% of all sales of these little items will be donated to the nearest NICU at the end of the year

Don't forget you can keep up to date on our new items on our facebook page http://www.facebook.com/SunshineBabyCrafts. there will be lots of new items to buy

Memories from years ago

 

Baby's first jackets

I was looking through my patterns and I suddenly remembered when I was expecting my first baby over 40 yrs ago, and we were visiting  my husbands aunt D and she gave me a parcel, and it contained 2 lovely white matinee jackets, both made from double knit yarn and really soft and cosy.

One had a lacy pattern around the bottom and up the fronts and the second had a picot edging and and hole pattern a few rows up, it seems like yesterday I remember them so clearly.

So with this in mind I sorted through my patterns and found one I would knit, I selected a lovely lemon yellow double knit yarn from #Stylecraft and made the jacket, with a V neck and one button, this will be added to my stock for my next craft fair.

Don't forget you can keep up to date on our new items on our facebook page http://www.facebook.com/SunshineBabyCrafts. there will be lots of new items to buy

Knitted gifts for Australia

 

Gifts of Amelie

At the end of last summer my youngest niece had a baby girl out in Sydney Australia, but because of the lockdown  so I've been busy knitting a few little cardigans to post to her.  I made them all the same size 18" chest so they should fit her for quite a while.

Just need to add the buttons to the blue shrug and I will be able to post these off to her as a surprise.

Twins blanket

Patch work blanket

A few months ago a friend asked me to make a blanket for her twins, she picked a patchwork blanket made with Aran yarn,  after a lot of research I found the perfect yard, #James C Brett I chose white and yellow and #Stylecraft I chose mint.

The  blanket had different motifs in each square and was backed in white,yellow and mint 

with a white edging.  The twins loved their blanket and  always sleep well under their snuggly blanket.

All these yarns are available at #woolwarehouse.