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Do any of you give your knitted items as baby shower gifts? If so, which do you find seem to be the most popular?

LOL this very question is actually on my mind - my brother got married about a month ago and we think that pregnancy is in the air due to an incident at the New Year which I won't bore you all with.

My mother usually knits little jackets, bootees and mitts for the babies her friends' daughters have had but really I haven't had much opportunity for baby knitting in recent years. I'm thinking of maybe a couple of little baby sweaters and possibly bootees, mitts and a bonnet since if it does happen it's likely to be a winter or early spring baby and the UK can be very chilly at that time of year.

I like to knit them in the fine yarns though, and usually stick to English 3 or 4 ply tensions with 3 or 3 1/4 mm knitting needles for such little items.

I always get complements and thank yous on baby blankets. I make them out of lighter weight yarns and not lacy patterns. Moms seem to appreciate no fluff to get into little noses and no holes for fingers to get stuck in.

Andy

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I am working on my first baby blanket for my best friend's baby girl. I'm using a really pretty white and a light blue. Mom likes blue and with the white it gives it a girly touch.

I'm knitting both yarns together at the same time. Does that have a proper name?

I would like to knit a little poncho and I'd like to add a hood but I'm pretty sure that I won't take the time to learn how to do that. I think baby booties would be cute, I'm just not sure how.

I still knit the older baby sets with the booties. people have told me no one wears the booties anymore but I still like to make them. I use baby yarn and usually get good a favourable response from the mom to be. I guess I am just old fashioned that way.

Oh, knitpick! The moms in my area still seem to let babies wear the booties and it's over 100 most of the year! Keep knitting those booties and hats!

Bleah, I never knit anything for babies. I find it too risky afa the parents not liking it. My husband's godmother knitted our first son a beautiful layette, but it was white acrylic and was so lacy it looked like some Victorian girl outfit. Plus I have a strict 'no-acrylic' rule (not in my house, not in my stash!). So I put it away for posterity, but he never wore it. I never know what kind of weirdnesses parents will have, so I don't knit for babies.

Yes i knitted 6 little jackets for my DIL and our 1st grandchild but she never wore them. I enjoyed knitting them so hope some baby got them to use.
I find from experience it's best not to buy clothes at all .
Gill

I understand your policy in re: to acrylic yarn. There's just not enough "cozy" quality about it even for a throw, much less an item that will touch a newborn's skin. I haven't used any since the early 80s. Red Heart acrylic would work up so pretty, but just didn't feel right. It felt....plastic.

Gill70, you can just bet that some mother spotted those beautiful jackets for the treasures they were and enjoyed them! What a find!

I just found out that my niece is pregnant so I asked her if she was into putting knitted stuff on her baby...she walked past me putting a hand on my shoulder saying "if someone will knit it for me" *hint* hint*