Pure indulgence Sirdar 3883

My favourite pattern Sirdar 3883

I have knitted many different patterns over my years as a knitter but there is one pattern that I find a pleasure every time I knit it and it would be right up there in my favourite Layette Knitting patterns.  Created by Sirdar (3883), it is for a baby girl's cardigan and I tend to knit it for 0-3 months. It could be adapted for  a baby boy but I think the stylising on it suggests it should be for a girl. It has an unusual button band which compliments the cables to the front of the cardigan. 

Fabulously different

This latest edition of the cardigan has been created in Cream Sirdar Snuggly Pearls DK. The yarn is super soft for babies but the pearlescent part gives it a shimmer. Finished with pretty cream buttons, this cardigan is perfect for anyone's little angel at Christmas.

Check it out on my ebay store via this link: www.http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Layette-Knitting

It's all about the knitting

Cable blanket

So Layette Knitting has just celebrated its second birthday and has come along way from the first few items on eBay back in October 2011, now selling knitted items, yarn and patterns all over the world.

It all started during a literacy lesson on abbreviations in my year 4 class when it occurred to me that such things don't really help the nervous knitter as you have to translate a pattern as well as master the physical construction of the stitches. But abbreviations are used to stop patterns being twelve pages long. Hmmm. 

Scallop Blanket

I do most of my knitting whilst watching the tv. The guys like to watch endless football and in the evening I have found knitting helps me to stay awake, but I really can't be doing with patterns that have 50 rows to make a pattern and if you miss one stitch, that's a lot to undo. So the Easy to Knit patterns were born. Based around 4 or 6 rows of pattern, they are simplicity itself. I really hate sewing things up and so the border for the blanket would have to be knitted as you go. The stitch patterns originally came from an encyclopaedia of knitting stitches but later came from my knitting if I found a simple stitch pattern that I could adapt. 

Textured Lacy Blanket

I wouldn't say that they will make me a millionaire, but I have had some great feedback about how easy they are to knit and follow. With a choice of seven on the shop I would say, mission accomplished!

View what's available at my ebay shop via the following link: www.stores.ebay.co.uk/layetteknitting