Santa hat preemie to newborn

I'm really excited to have finally finished this pattern and publish it in my online shops!  I started it long before Christmas, but because I wanted to make the hat in 5 different sizes from micro preemie to newborn, and because I wanted to write the instructions using dpns and straight needles, it has taken much longer than anticipated.  Mmm ... I did also want the traditional red as well as some pink and blue Santa hats!  I aim to have a number of them knitted to donate to my local NICU for Christmas this year.

Woolrobe

Last year I finally got a place to store my yarn - a wardrobe!  Well, I call it my woolrobe.  Since the majority of my knitting and designing is for babies, the cubbie holes are filled with good quality baby acrylics.  I do love knitting with natural yarns but find it safer to create garments in acrylic in case babies are allergic to wool, especially in the case of premature babies.

For toys I tend to use cheaper acrylics, which is really cost effective if your toy knit has a lot of colours!  I normally do not buy yarn for toys (unless I'm making a gift for someone) - as a designer I get the yarn delivered to me, arranged by the editor of the magazine.

I also keep a selection of my favourite knitting books, some tools and buttons here too.  The Scheepies yarn is on display because I just love looking at it!  I am collecting ideas for how I'm going to use these mini balls of yarn for when I finally decide to use it.

Easter Bonnets for Preemies

New preemie pattern, this time knitted flat for knitters who don't like using dpns.  These beanie hats are inspired by bright and colourful Easter eggs.  There are 3 different designs, one to fit 2lb-3lb preemies, the middle one fits 3lb-5lb and the largest is for 5lb-6lb.  It uses Sirdar Snuggly DK (UK) yarn, which is soft to the skin and machine washable too, which is very important if the hats are for the NICU.  I think I might try some more colour schemes ...