Baby Cardigan – Yards of Happiness

FO: Toddler Cardigans for Two

I told myself this month I was going to do a lot of baby knits. Whenever I have repeat presenters to my courses I knit them something and two of them have children, so I knew I was going to knit this toddler cardigan for Cait’s 18 month old, Graham. And my friend’s little boy Eli is 3 days younger than Graham and I promised her he’d get a new sweater. Add on another presenter has a newborn and one of my favorite people just had her second daughter (you will remember her first daughter and dog in matching sweaters) and I’m itching to make coordinating knits for the trio. But first up, the toddler sweaters I just finished! Let’s start with Graham’s in a glorious green.
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Both sweaters were made using the Child Sophisticate Pattern (I’ve made so many of these) using Caron Simply Soft yarn. For Graham’s I went with their cool green color since he’s got light blonde hair and blue eyes. I thought it would go great with his complexion (it did). I knit both in the 18 month size and his fit perfectly!
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I went with rainbow buttons for a bit of fun with such a bright and vivid green. I love the Simply Soft yarn because it washes and dries beautifully and is so soft. For Eli’s sweater I told his mom Leah she could send me some inspiration.

She sent me a link to this Baby Gap cardigan and I pulled through my stash of Simply Soft and this is what I was able to create.
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Pretty good, right? I love when inspiration turns into such a great piece of knitting.

I didn’t get to see it on him but Eli’s about the same size as Graham so I’m not worried about fit. And for the buttons I mixed up the blues and greys I had in my stash for a fun mix. I can’t wait to see this one on him too. I love making knits for kids, they’re just too cute.

FO: Fall Cardigan for Eli

In between learning two color brioche and finishing a sweater for my Mom, I was able to whip up a cardigan for my girlfriend Leah’s little boy Eli.
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Eli is only 4 months old but you may remember the blanket and baby whale I made for him in June. I decided since fall was coming I wanted to make him a cardigan. I pulled out my trusty Baby Sophisticate pattern and a ball of Harvest Red Caron Simply Soft (Mom requested the color red) and got to working.
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On Instagram, in my stories (I post a lot of pics to my stories) I took a poll for which buttons I should sew onto the cardigan when I was finished. By the time I was done the vote was 50-50! So I went with the cars since I’ve done mustaches before. And the only alterations I made to the pattern was that I did a ribbed bottom and ribbed cuffs this time around. Eli is only 4 months old but I made the 6 month size hoping he’ll grow into it and thought having ribbed cuffs would make it easier to roll up. I didn’t get to put the cardigan on him while I was with him this weekend.
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We were too busy trying to convince him to eat cereal, which he gobbled up like a champ. I am working on a couple of other kid garments right now, so I’m sure that will be what I’m sharing for the next month. Right now I’m making matching cream colored Flax sweaters for Maddie and her little sister. They’re quick knits and they look so polished and cute in tiny sizes. I like the garter stitch running down the arm. And Flax is a free pattern worked in worsted weight and is super easy for a first time sweater if you’re a little nervous about sweater knitting!
Maddie’s sweater
Also this is why I never sell what I knit. It’s always covered in dog hair. LOL Cher plopped down on the Flax sweater and let me know it was time to stop knitting and start petting. Beanie also prefers to use my balls of yarn as headrests. And I’m totally okay with both. LOL So what are you working on right now?

October 16, 2017 by IamDWJ Categories: Baby Knits, Caron, Cher, Color, FO: Finished Object, Knitting, My Dogs, red, YarnTags: #yardsofhappiness, Baby Cardigan, baby knits, knitting, red, Yarn 3 Comments

FO: Dapper Dudes

I love being able to knit, especially for babies. Last Friday night I decided to whip up a cardigan for our friend’s 4 month old baby boy because they were coming over on Sunday. I had a busy weekend but managed to fit in enough time to whip up this Dapper Dude cardigan.
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I used my trusted and favorite baby cardigan, Baby & Child Sophisticate. I’ve made five cardigans from this pattern this year alone and they’re all so incredibly different.
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You can add whatever buttons, shawl collar, basic collar, change it to a ribbed collar if you want. And don’t even get me started on the color combinations. Again, if you’re looking for a really awesome and easy to follow pattern this one is worth the $6.50 – I promise.
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For this option since I knew I was making it for an adorable and very brown little boy I decided to go with a deep forest green color in the Caron Simply Soft yarn. And when I was going through my button stash I remembered I randomly picked up these mustache buttons on Etsy and I felt like they just made this look like a cardigan made for a dapper gentleman, right?
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I made this in the 6 months size so he’d be able to wear it all winter and when we tried it on it was a nice fit with room to grow. He’s so stinking cute in it. And that’s why I love knitting things for babies, the cuteness level is just off the charts.