Baby Owen entered the world in late fall, and to ensure he had a warm welcome (pun intended!), I wanted to make sure he had versatile winter gear upon his arrival. I selected a lovely alpaca/wool yarn for him at the NY Sheep and Wool Festival earlier this fall, and searched for some time for a pattern before settling on the blanket and hat combination from Louisa Harding's Natural Knits for Babies and Mothers. As I have wrote before, this book is amazing — every pattern is worth knitting, and I think I may actually end up completing the set of pattens in the book before too long. I highly recommend that even Internet search-dependent knitters check out this book because it really does have a great set of patterns for any type of baby/toddler gift. Project details follow a picture of the completed items – and be sure to scroll to the end of this post for an image of Baby Owen modeling his hat!
Pattern: Hat and Blanket from Louisa Harding's Natural Knits for Babies and Moms
Yarn: 60 Wool/40 Alpaca from Good Karma Farm. Approx. 0.3 skeins for hat and 1.3 skeins for blanket.
Needles: For hat, two US6 circulars and two US8 circulars. For blanket, one US6 circular and one US7 circular.
Post-Blocking Measurements: For hat, 7.5 inches wide by 4 3/4 inches tall. For blanket, 19 inches wide by 22 1/4 inches tall.
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