Star Trek Junior

Started: 2006-12-02
Finished: 2006-12-23
Pattern: My own (soon to come)
Size: 50-56 cl (0-1 months)
Yarn: Avanti Cotton color 03 (black) + cable spun cotton yarn of unknown origin color15 (cherry red)
Yardage: 135 g (340 m) black and 25 g (60 m?) red.
Needles: 3,5 & 4 mm
Gauge: 22 sts 30 rows stocking stitch = 10 cm (4") using larger needles)

One of the first of my own patterns to be properly documented.

True Trekkies will immediately see that my daughter is on the command track. That was a good choice.

Update: The pattern is now available here.

Purple Baby Tomten Jacket

Started: 2006-11-10
Finished: 2006-11-30
Pattern: Modular Tomten Jacket from Elizabeth Zimmermann: Knitting Without Tears (also in Knitting Workshop)
Size: 50 cl (newborn)
Yarn: Hjerte Sock 4, color 2699 (variegated purple)
Yardage: 70 g = 300 m
Needles: 3 mm
Gauge: 28 sts 56 rows in Stocking stitch = 10 cm(4")

The best baby pattern I have ever knitted and one of very few patterns that I have knitted more than once.

Originally planned as a "delivery knit", but of course I never managed to knit a single stitch in the hospital. (Yeah, I know, but all the books said that with the first child there would be a looong wait during the delivery, so we brought books, music, knitting and food. Then everything happened so fast that we never even had time to park the car.)

Comfort Blanket

Started: 2006-08-16
Finished: 2006-11-09
Pattern: Hearts And Stars Blanket by Zoë Mellor from Adorable Knits for Tots
Size: 70*90 cm (28"*36")
Yarn: Mandarin Petit color 337 (orange)
Yardage: about 235 g (870m)
Needles: 3 mm
Gauge: 24 sts 37 rows in moss stitch = 10 cm (4")

The yarn and the book were a gift from my co-workers (Trollmamman among others) when I was sick-listed during my pregnancy.

We slept on the blanket for two nights so that it would have our smell. The Wild One was wrapped in it when she was less than 30 minutes old and it seemed to bring her complete comfort and security her first three or four months.