Dad Knits a Blanket to Track Baby’s Sleep

Knitting has been used as a way to visualize data in lots of different ways, from temperature and mood scarves to how long the train takes or how much men talk in meetings.

But this is next-level tracking right here. Seung Lee tracked his newborn son’s sleep patterns in six-minute increments for his first year of life, then made a double-knit blanket to visualize the data.

Yes, white is when he was awake.

The whole process is laid out in a thread on Twitter, and it’s amazing. I kind of wish I’d thought of it but I was so sleep deprived I couldn’t even imagine something creative to do with it.

This is an amazing keepsake that literally represents the entire first year of life. He says the actual knitting took about 300 hours, which does not count time spent planning, tracking or developing the pattern.

But as you’ll see if you click over, his son loves it, which is the most important thing.

[Photo: Seung Lee via Twitter.]

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Why should the fireplace get all the fun? Instead of knitting stockings this year, why not whip up a pair of Christmas themed socks? These Christmas sock knitting patterns are lots of fun to make and you can wear them to holiday gatherings for years to come.

For our friends in the southern part of the world, there are the Christmas in July socks from the Kiwi Lodge – Kylie (Ravelry link). These shorty socks are covered in Christmas trees and have bright pink heels and toes for a tropical feel. There’s also an option to make a longer sock if you celebrate somewhere it’s colder.

Twin Stitches Designs (Ravelry) has a fun pattern with mix and match colorwork motifs you can use to build your own cozy Christmas socks. From the sample socks I see Christmas puddings, trucks hauling trees, Santa belts, ornaments and a couple of different borders. There may be more patterns included but the listing doesn’t say. Make a pair that matches or use different motifs on each foot for extra holiday cheer.

If you want to stick to Christmas puddings on your holiday socks, check out this cute pattern from Stone Knits. These lovely socks feature a band of puddings around the leg and a bit of holly by the toes.

These vintage holiday light socks from Grey Owl Knits by Sarah are classic looking and lots of fun at the same time. I love this color combination but of course you can make your lights and stripes whatever colors you like or have on hand. They’re worked using stranded knitting.

And if you’d like even more of a mix of patterns for your socks, try Barbara Ceglédi’s Christmas Chaos socks, a free pattern on Ravelry. The pattern includes 25 little motifs you can choose from, ranging from snowflakes and Christmas trees to elf hats, reindeer and hearts.

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