Book Review: Modern Baby

I’m pretty sure you can’t have enough baby knitting patterns (if you need more we’ve got a baby knitting ebook that’s on sale right now!!).

Modern Baby: 6 Outfits to Warm Your Favorite Crawler by Judy Lamb, adds a few must-knit items to your baby knitting list, with adorable rompers and matching hats.

Here’s a quick rundown of what you’ll find:

All of a Twist uses twisted stitches (sort of like making a one stitch cable without using a cable needle) running down the front of a long-sleeved onesie. The hat has two twists as well, and an adorable little I-cord topper.
B-A-B-Y Love uses textured stitches to spell baby down the front of this romper. The coordinating hat features a heart motif and a pom pom.
Diamond Brocade has a textured diamond pattern on the romper and the hat. This one also has long sleeves.
Framed Cable features a braided cable with textured zig zags on the sides, and a coordinating beret for baby.
Lace Accent has simple diagonal lines of lace running up the middle, paired with a simple, rolled brim stockinette stitch hat (faux fur pompom optional)
Mixed Berry is worked with a self-striping yarn; the hat has no decreases for the top of the head. Tassels embellish the edges of the hat.

If you click into the Amazon listing, linked above, you can see photos of all the patterns.

All the projects are rated for intermediate knitters and they all use worsted weight yarn, which is nice for baby things because it helps them to work up before the baby grows out of them.

Speaking of growing, each pattern is available in five sizes ranging from 0-3 months to 12-18 months.

The back of the book includes a little knitting instruction for things like increases, decreases and short rows.

This book is super cute and the patterns are both pretty and useful for new parents.

About the book: 64 pages, paperback, 6 patterns. Published 2019 by Leisure Arts. Suggested retail $14.99

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Fall will be here before we know it, and that means there are holidays coming right behind where we might be entertaining at home. It’s always fun to have a hand knit touch in your home for other people to see, and if you’re going to be in the kitchen all day you might as well have some nice knit dish cloths to use.

I love this little plaid hand towel from Darling Jadore. Use a little bit of leftover cotton yarn from another project for the plaid portion. It looks like the horizontal stripes are worked as you knit and the vertical stripes are done with duplicate stitch, making this a quick and easy project even newer knitters can make.

Combine garter stitch and an easy eyelet pattern worked sideways to make the Annette Dish Towel from Cluck Cluck Boots, which is meant to be reminiscent of flour sack towels. It calls for DK weight yarn and you can work it in one color or two (or even three!).

Add a little more texture with this set of kitchen towels from Whileberry Creative. They’re mostly worked in garter stitch with borders in easy knit/purl patterns, and you can work them in sport or worsted weight yarn.

Two of Wands Shop has another cute allover knit and purl pattern they call the Seersucker Textured Tea Towel. It’s an easy repeating pattern worked in worsted weight yarn, and there’s a chart in the pattern you can use, but don’t have to, if you want to practice knitting from a chart.

The Classic Cloth dish towel from Handmade Home by Connie is another one that can use a little leftover yarn in a contrasting color, or you could color block it our use stripes throughout the pattern. This one uses worsted weight yarn and another easy repeating knit purl stitch pattern.

If you like to hang your towel on the oven handle or elsewhere but it’s always falling off, try the Stay Put kitchen towel from Fancy Step Knits. This project is worked in garter stitch and includes a hole partway through so you can pull the towel through itself over a rod or handle. Stripes are optional but a nice addition.

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