Cute Stuff for Kids

January 23, 2015 by Sarah White 2 Comments

A few adorable projects for little ones have come across my radar lately, so if you’ll looking to stitch something sweet for someone small, check these projects out.

The Jelli Beenz Baby Cardigan (from Plymouth via Noble Knits) is a really simple shape but it ups the skill level and the interest by working one side of the sweater in one color and one side in another. Yes, it’s intarsia. No, it’s not hard.

The Tumbling Blocks Blankie from Lion Brand Yarn is super cute in pastels as shown, but could be worked in more grown up colors for a modern baby on the go. Either way, it’s a great way to practice entrelac on a big scale.

When I posted my heart hat knitting patterns the other day, I completely forgot that I had been saving up this one, from Cascade via Love Knitting (free registration required). It’s worked from the bottom up and the colorwork is all near the beginning of the project, so once you get through that it’s smooth sailing. The ear flaps are pretty adorable, too.

When peeking at the recently published projects on Ravelry the other day, I spied this adorable cowl for kids from Blue Highway Hand Dyes. Called Castilleja, the genus name of the Indian paintbrush flower, it’s perfectly sized for a preschooler who won’t wear a scarf.

Toys are always a great choice for little ones, too, so check out a roundup of toy patterns at Love Knitting, and don’t forget to stop and ooh and aah over Barrison, a lovely little bear from Berroco.

Have you come across any cute knits for kids lately? I’d love to see them!

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mar says
January 24, 2015 at 9:30 pm
LoVe the blanket, hat and cardio
Debbie says
January 30, 2015 at 9:06 pm
Looking for a knitting pattern for a toddler sweater with an animal face on the front and rear of body on back. Seen this anywhere?

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Use Your Sock Yarn Scraps to Knit a Colorful Scarf

Using your yarn stash is important to me throughout the year, but as I start to feel the end of the year coming on I get more excited about using things I already have in the house. Maybe that’s because I don’t want to go to a store in the thick of holiday shopping times, or I like the idea of having a little space in my stash when the new year rolls around.

It’s super satisfying to use up all the little odd balls you’ve made over the year (or years), and I have several stash busting blankets I work on when it’s cold and will maybe finish someday.

If you’d like to start a stash busting project that’s perfect for using up odd balls, check out the Soukish pattern from Neisha Abdulla. This pattern is made for fingering weight/sock yarn, and it’s worked in a tube with allover color work.

This is great for a couple of reasons. You don’t really have to weave in your ends when you can hide them in a tube (this is one time you might even get by just tying a knot when you change colors!) and you can change colors whenever you run out of yarn and it will look good.

Of course the pattern is made with blocks where the designer changed colors, but you can change yours more or less often as you need to make it work for your stash. You can use blank charts to design your own color combinations, or even your own stitch patterns if you like. You can also adjust the length of the scarf as needed or turn it into a cowl based on the amount of yarn you have.

This project looks like a lot of fun and would be a great thing to have on hand to stitch up and then to wear during the cold, gloomy months.

You can get a copy of the pattern on Ravelry.

[Photo: Neisha Abdulla]

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