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What do you see when you look at this? A little sweater, right? Do you know what I see? I see hope. I see dreams and wishes and faith. I see fear that this little sweater will never be filled, but also the determination that, if there is another baby, it will be wrapped in his or her mother's love. This is the pattern and this is my project page.  Hopefully, before too long, there will be a photo of a baby wearing it. Double score if it is a breathing baby.

I actually have a fan on Ravelry! Whee! She has asked me to come up with a few more patterns, so here I go! Fits size 2 to 3, possibly a bit larger. Gauge: 2 dc per inch.  Worsted weight yarn, 2 skeins. Uses less than half of each skein per hat. Size 9mm or M/N hook Holding two strands of worsted, chain 3, join with sl st to form a ring. Round 1: Ch 1, work 7 sc in ring. Join. (8 st.) Round 2: Ch. 2, dc in same st as join. 2 dc in each st around. Join. (16 dc.) Round 3: Ch 1, sc in same st. as join. *Sc 1 next st, 2 sc in following st. Repeat from * around. Join. (24 sc.) Round 4: Ch 2. Work 1 dc in same st as join. *1 dc in next two st. 2 dc in next st. Repeat from * around. Join. (32 st.) Round 5: Ch 1. Sc in each st. around. Join. (32 st.) Round 6: Ch 2. Dc in each st around. Join. (32 st.) Rounds 7 through 13: Repeat rounds 5 and 6. (32 st.) Round 14: Repeat round 5 once more. Finish off, weave in ends. Optional: Cut eye shapes from felt and ap...

Pulled off two donations this week. First, these three hats went to St. Elizabeth's in Wabasha. You probably recognize them from recent posts. I wanted to get some of them given away, and it's been a while since I donated anything over there, so I just ran these in yesterday. Then Jerek took this box over to the post office this morning. These have been waiting a while, but I finally got the printer to work!! Yay! There are 12 hats in various sizes from baby to adult, and two neck warmers. One neck warmer was made a long time ago, the other I whipped up in January. I am pleased with myself. :)

There were for Bexley: Pumpkin Hat Bunny Hat Preemie Bereavement Items: These are newborn and larger: I am also knitting a sweater to save for a Rainbow Baby. <3 More about that another time.

I saw baby Bexley today and I am inspired with baby boy patterns. What is more boy than football? I crocheted him a football hat before he was born, and now I decided to try knitting one. :) Gauge: 4 stitches and 6 rounds to 1 inch in stockinette in the round. Size 6-12 months Materials: Worsted weight yarn in two colors, brown and white. Size 7 circular knitting needle (12 or 16" length) Size 7 dpns for working decreases Tapestry needle and scissors. Directions: Cast on 60 stitches with the white yarn (or 61, depending on the kind of join you use.) Join to work in the round, being careful not to twist. Knit 4 rounds of k1p1 ribbing in white. Break white, join brown and knit 4 more rounds of k1p1 ribbing. Knit 17 rounds of stockinette (knit every round). Switch to white and knit 4 rounds. Switch back to brown. Knit 2 rounds, then begin decreases. Decrease round 1: knit 4, knit 2 together. Repeat around. Decrease round 2 and every even numbered d...

It came to my attention today just how many charities there are the offer comfort items for bereaved parents. I want to donate to them all, but that's going to take some time. So I decided that, for the time being, I would write a blog post with some links to organizations and to patterns. I've mentioned Giving Artfully many times before. This morning when I logged on, I saw that there are now 11 projects for items for bereaved parents. These is the search results leading to "for bereaved parents." Five were added in the last week. Most of these charities focus on making hats, gowns, and other items for the babies to be dressed in and for the parents to have as keepsakes. One of the charities focuses on comfort shawls. And a few of them are looking for memory boxes. Bev's Country Cottage has a page of bereavement gown patterns. I've made some of these. The link goes to that page. Care Wear has many patterns for burial gowns as well, both in the news...

I came up with another easy hat pattern for charity. I'm currently in the middle of my second one. Here is the first one: It's about 21" around, gauge of about 2.5 hdcs to an inch. Abbreviations used: sl st=slip stitch, hdc=half double crochet, sc=single crochet, ch=chain, MATERIALS: 2 skeins of worsted weight yarn. The hat is made with two stands held together. As you can see, I'm using a solid and a variegated, but you can use two of the same color or two solids. 9mm or size M/N crochet hook. Yarn needle and scissors. PATTERN: Chain 3, join with slip st to make a circle. Round 1: Ch 1, hdc 9 times in the circle. Join with sl st, ch 1. (10 hdc) Round 2: Hdc in same st as join. 2 hdc in each st around. Join. Ch. 1. (20 hdc) Round 3: Hdc in same st as join. 1 hdc in next st. *2 hdc in next st, 1 hdc in next st*. Repeat from * around. Join. Ch 1. (30 st) Round 4: Hdc in same st as join, 1 hdc in next 2 st. *2 hdc in next st, 1 hdc in next 2 st....