handmade for baby

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For the teacher who made my kiddo want to learn more and more. When my son started pre-kindergarten, last year, he was very nervous. He was the only one crying when we first walked in the door of his class. I had a moment where I thought, “I’ll just keep him home. This isn’t mandatory. I can probably teach him and blah blah blah.” I’m glad I didn’t. I am so so soo glad I didn’t. He LOVED school. He still does. He didn’t even get the concept of weekends and thought he could just mozy on up to campus on a Saturday. He didn’t take advantage of sleeping in and thus I couldn’t.

Anyway! What I’m trying to say is, I am so very thankful for my son’s teacher that year. She was the one who made learning fun and exciting. Who helped him pull all the stuff he knew together. The ABCs and their sounds into words. Numerals into math. And so on.

When she told me she was pregnant with her first baby, at the end of the school year, she asked if she could commission me to make a baby sweater. Pssssh! I would not take her money. No way, no how. It was the absolute least I could do. She’s due at the end of next month, so I finally pulled all these things and the doily blanket together into a little package. I made the sweater over the summer and the rest a few weeks ago. She’s having a girl, but tends to favor more gender neutral colors like greens and browns.

sweater

hat

p.s. There’s a little giveaway going on at the goodknits Facebook page. You should check it out!

Little lettuce bootsies

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Pattern: A Good 2-Needle Garter Stitch Slipper, with Cuff by Elizabeth Zimmermann
Source: Knitting Without Tears
Yarn: Malabrigo sock in Lettuce
Needles: 3.0 mm

Back in January of 2008, I knit these same booties for my own baby (who was a-brewin’ in my belly!) in a yellow colorway and I called them “banana bootsies.” They were just SO cute. The pattern is supremely simple and very quick, even on sock yarn and needles.

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There is something really magical about garter stitch. I just love it!

the duotone slouch

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I thought I would take a break from sewing and this belly ache to introduce you to the duo-tone slouch hats that are currently available in the goodknits shop. One is a duotone green (lemongrass & olive) and the other is two shades of gold. The golden hat actually has one of my favorite shades of bright gold in it. It’s a vintage acrylic yarn that reminds me of turmeric. I don’t have anymore of that yarn, so if you are a lover of the color, please check it out!

Thanks for the support!

the goodknits slouch!

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Introducing the newest member of the goodknits family: the slouch. You can find a few available at my shop in the “hats/berets” section. It took me a while, but I finally got down a pattern I can love. If there is any interest from my fellow knitters, I can also list the pattern. I’ve never formally put out a knitting pattern. This one is simple but interesting.

In a day or two, I plan to list some pom poms. I LOVE pom poms and I made a bunch, the other day. You can add them to the berets, your other hats, your bag, or even pin them to your shirt as a sort of makeshift pom pom brooch. That’d be awesome.

Take a gander at the slouches listed and if you like one, pick it up! I have a few more on my needles and hope to get them finished this weekend. I am taking custom orders, if you want to request a certain color. Send me a message on Etsy or shoot me an email: lisa@goodknits.com

Thanks for looking and for the continual support!

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just for the heck of it, any slouch purchased during its first week of existance (from now until next Friday, the 8th) will get a free [removable!] pom pom! I promise it will be coordinating and look super duper nice. :)

oh my goodknits!

check out my new header!

I finally knit goodknits! :)