Blink and You’ll Miss It

I knitted up a baby hat last night, which I’ve affectionately called “Blink and You’ll Miss It”. I’ll explain all that in a moment, but it has been a while since I gave you all a life update, so here is a brief one.

I’m commuting between London and Devon at the moment – John is consulting (and doing amazingly) but we are hesitant about which part of London to move to, so we are coming up with temporary solutions, one month at a time. I’m doing some work for my parents travel company (www.zambezi.co.uk), as well as markets, some consulting work and design. I’ve also started making lots of fun YouTube videos – mostly on cross stitch, as I want that to be slightly separate to my Plutonium Muffins knitting and whatnot, but it is all interlinked as I can’t stop myself being one person! You can subscribe here.

I just love these guys! #guineafowl #farmlife #guineas #countryliving #devon

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That’s where we are at right now! I’m finding knitting slightly uninspiring, so doing a lot more cross stitch, but I’m sure once I find the right project I’ll jump straight back on the band wagon. In the meantime…

Blink and You’ll Miss It

I don’t tend to knit newborn baby clothes for my friends and family, because I know that newborns grow so quickly that within a short space of time, they don’t fit the item anymore. I’ve also experienced family members receiving so much newborn clothing that they can dress their baby in a different item several times a day, without having to wash them because they get so much! I find it’s always well-received when I make my gifts for slightly later in life, and I normally aim for between 3 months and 1 year.

However, one of my friends asked me to make a hat for their newborn nephew, and I wanted to test out patterns. I did design a hat while I was in New Zealand, but I have yet to write that up and it currently sits on my phone in a slightly encrypted code that I haven’t cracked…so I had a look through my stash, chose some yarn and headed over to Ravelry to search out an appropriate pattern.

I bookmarked a few patterns, which I include here for your interest:

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The pattern I settled on was Squiggly – it was simple enough, but had some patterning to it which would keep my interest up. The yarn I picked up was Sirdar Folksong Chunky in the Folkilicious colourway. I picked up ten balls of this in a sale last year, and have been wondering what to do with it ever since – it turns out it makes a gorgeous fabric, perfect for gentle baby heads. I also wanted to use chunky yarn because I didn’t want it to take hours to do.

The needles were 6mm Karbonz, which I adored using – I don’t usually use DPNs, but all of my circs are in London and I had to raid my dpn stash. These guys will make it into rotation, they are a dream – and the tips are beautifully sharp!

My 6mm Karbonz, needles of the month!
My 6mm Karbonz, needles of the month!

As for the hat itself, the pattern was great but I’m not sure if it’s newborn size. It seems big to me – not having a newborn to hand to try out the sizing, I can’t confirm this, but I will be modifying the pattern slightly to try make a smaller size, then take it over to one of my friends with babies for their opinion.

It’s been lovely to have a quick knit, on and off the needles in an hour. I’m taking so long over my knitting at the moment that it felt super gratifying.

The Blink and You'll Miss It hat.
The Blink and You’ll Miss It hat.

Anyway, that’s all for now – don’t forget to check out the KLEE collection if you are interested in garment-accessory combos, particularly as I’m running a giveaway for a full set of the patterns!

Much love,

Corrie xx

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