I've had a rather productive weekend here! Hooray! First up, I finished knitting a hat that was supposed to be for Kaiden. It's the LTK Bucket Hat, knit in toddler size. Unfortunately, it came out large enough to fit Nate! It was knit in lime green Sugar and Cream cotton yarn. Aside from being really huge, it came out pretty nicely. It was my first time knitting with cotton, and I must say, I actually like the feel of it in my hands.
On Friday I received my order of Solarveil from a co-op. I ordered blue and turquoise, with plans on making a Mei Tai carrier, as well as two pouches - one for me and one for Nate. I'm pretty sure I'll have extra left, though I'm not sure what I'll be making with it yet. Saturday evening I got to work making the Mei Tai. It's is reversible, with blue on one side and turquoise on the other. I made this using a faux BBO pattern, and I LOVE how it came out. I hadn't used this pattern yet, and I'm really liking how it fits. The straps are wide, but not as huge as the ones on my BMT. Very, very comfy!
Tonight I finally got around to making Kaiden another diaper. I'm still tweaking the design a bit, but I'm getting closer! Ignore the sewing mistakes in this one - it was late and the sewing machine wasn't cooperating! It is made from the Fattycakes pattern, and is a side snapping fitted diaper. The body contains an outer layer of cotton woven, inner layer of velour, and a hidden body layer of hemp terry with an additional 3 layers of hemp in the soaker. The snap in soaker consists of two layers of hemp topped in velour. Very soft, and pretty trim considering all the layers!
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