Baby knits

The sewing has slowed down a bit at the moment, particularly since the weather turned autumnal.  But I have been doing some knitting.  This first cardigan I actually made in the summer and it was too big when my grandson was born, but fits him now.  I used a vintage pattern - one of several my mother gave me when I was a new mum, but omitted the flowers which meant I had to put the shaping at the side seams since it was part of the flower design (and I knitted this cardigan with the flowers for my daughter so there was a bit of deja vu knitting this).

Do you have to take my photo right now?

The next item is a jumper, which I also knitted for my daughter, but in pink and purple stripes, and is from a Debbie Bliss baby knits book which I bought when she was a baby.  The pattern has stripes of equal width but I decided to do a Breton inspired version instead.  Looks like there is still some growing room in this one!

And the third one is from a pattern booklet that was free with a magazine, and is supposed to be 0-6 months size.  When I knitted the sleeves I thought they looked a bit short so added a bit of length to them, and here it is on my grandson aged precisely 9 weeks.  I don't think he'll be wearing this for long! 

These last two were knitted with Drops Baby Merino yarn which is lovely and soft and nice to knit with - although not so nice if you need to unpick and then reknit - it's quite splitty.  This is a minor niggle though and won't stop me from using it again.

I've got another stripey jumper on the go now which is ideal TV knitting and should be finished soon.  And then it will be time to knit something for me.  Cardigan or dress though?  Or both?...  And I have some sewing to finish too.  And I recently bought more fabric.  Just aren't enough hours in the day - anyone have a timeturner I could borrow?