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Knitting for new baby help please

lurker172602 — Mon, 18 May 2015 06:36:39 GMT

I have decided I'm going to attemp to knit a cardi each for the new babies, and have found this pattern which I'm assured I should be able to manage 😨

Can someone help me with the sizing please. I think the smallest one seems way too small for even a newborn. It says it is for a 5lb baby - that's only about 2.5 kg isn't it? Which one would you make for a newborn to 3 months?

Wish me luck! 😄😄

Re: Knitting for new baby help please

youcandoityoucandoityoucandoit — Mon, 18 May 2015 06:46:28 GMT

Good for you lurker!

5 pounds is approx 2.2kg..I would do the middle or the largest size- it will depend on the size of the baby at birth, but they will be wearing other clothes as well underneath and its better for them to be a bit larger...also, cotton is better than wool on littlies skin, though there is a really soft merino wool..depending on how much you want to spend I guess.

Im sure youll do a great job- and we will need to see photos here!

Re: Knitting for new baby help please

imastawka — Mon, 18 May 2015 06:51:50 GMT

I'm with youcan. I would knit the medium size. They grow very quickly.

From memory DK is lovely to work with.

Oh forgot - good luck, I'm sure you'll do well, after all it will be made with love

Re: Knitting for new baby help please

j*oono — Mon, 18 May 2015 06:55:37 GMT

I'd go for the large size because by the time I'd finished it the baby would have probably outgrown it anyway.

That looks like a great pattern with no sleeve to shoulder seem. Come to think of it, I think I already did make that one a lot of years ago.

Re: Knitting for new baby help please

lurker172602 — Mon, 18 May 2015 06:58:28 GMT

Thanks 😄

i think I'll do the largest one. I already have the wool. I have some lovely merino that I have made some bootties with so I'll use the same to match.

thanks again

Re: Knitting for new baby help please

imastawka — Mon, 18 May 2015 07:02:22 GMT

Just had a closer look. That's knitted sideways.

I'd have to get my brain around that one. Looks easy though.

And yes, we will require pics

edit: grandmoon would be the one to answer - she knits for newborns all the time

albeit a sad occasion

Re: Knitting for new baby help please

cherry*135 — Mon, 18 May 2015 08:01:14 GMT

For a cardigan for a baby that small I would use a pattern that is for 3ply or 4ply. DK (double knit) is fairly thick.

Cute pattern though.

Re: Knitting for new baby help please

cherry*135 — Mon, 18 May 2015 08:06:59 GMT

From a knitting pattern book I have - as a guide

3mths - Chest size 40cm

6mths - Chest size 45cm

12 mths - Chest size 50cm

edit to add. I have quite a few baby knitting pattern books and they have the same as above.

Re: Knitting for new baby help please

i-need-a-martini — Mon, 18 May 2015 08:19:24 GMT

@am*3 wrote:
For a cardigan for a baby that small I would use a pattern that is for 3ply or 4ply. DK (double knit) is fairly thick.

Cute pattern though.

I always thought DK (double knit) was a yarn weight reference for 3 ply?

I have a lot of old 1940's patterns that often say this and the needle size and test measure always used to work out for 3 ply.

Re: Knitting for new baby help please

cherry*135 — Mon, 18 May 2015 08:21:31 GMT

No.

3ply, 4 ply, 5 ply, Double Knit (8ply), 10 ply, 12 ply

3ply is the finest for knitting baby clothes. Usually the baby knit patterns are in 3ply and 4 ply.

Re: Knitting for new baby help please

cherry*135 — Mon, 18 May 2015 08:27:57 GMT

12 ply is Triple Knit

Re: Knitting for new baby help please

janeababe — Mon, 18 May 2015 08:30:30 GMT

Awwweee... congrats and good luck with the new arrivals. 🙂
I love that it is knitted sideways. babies grow so fast, i would probably suggest the larger size.

My hat's off to anyone who can knit well. I was taught it in primary school, i made one mitten! I never attempted anything since. LOL

Re: Knitting for new baby help please

i-need-a-martini — Mon, 18 May 2015 08:39:08 GMT

@am*3 wrote:
No.

3ply, 4 ply, 5 ply, Double Knit (8ply), 10 ply, 12 ply

3ply is the finest for knitting baby clothes. Usually the baby knit patterns are in 3ply and 4 ply.

Does that mean that I should have put 2 strands of 3ply together (to create 6 ply) on my 1940's pattern?

Mind you the jumper that I knitted came out beautifully.

Re: Knitting for new baby help please

ten*teeny*tiny*toes — Mon, 18 May 2015 08:39:55 GMT

I'm with you Janeababe. I knitted a jumper once and didn't do very well.
Skinny arms and high neck, felt like a straitjacket.

My mother in law was very talented, I have kept the shawl and matinee outfit she made for our firstborn.

Re: Knitting for new baby help please

rabbitearbandicoot — Mon, 18 May 2015 08:44:51 GMT

Just knit a full size one and I'll shrink it for you.

Knit 1 - Pearl 1 - Knit 1 - Pearl 1 .........................

Re: Knitting for new baby help please

lurker172602 — Mon, 18 May 2015 08:57:17 GMT

A good friend is a beautiful and very creative knitter. She has already knitted one baby blanket and is now onto the next. They are the most intricate, stunning designs with cats and rocking horses and hearts and ......... And then she backs them with gorgeous minky fabric.

We are a very lucky family to have her as a friend 😀 She makes my efforts look very paltry

Re: Knitting for new baby help please

k0llectable5 — Mon, 18 May 2015 10:47:57 GMT

Goodluck with the cardie Lurker, and thanks because now I feel like knitting 😉 My mum is an amazing knitter and so fast. She can do those intricate patterns your friend does. I knitted a newborn singlet a couple of years ago, she ended up finishing it off for me, she did say though that my knitting was lovely, I have excellent tension apparently...lol I'm one of those that starts things but never finishes (lucky mummy always comes to the rescue and finishes them off for me) and I'm pretty hopeless with patterns, it's gotta be real simple.

Re: Knitting for new baby help please

lurker172602 — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 06:07:53 GMT

Cardi is all finished except for sewing on the buttons (we don't know if they are to be pink or blue yet). Baby should be arriving sometime today or overnight.

I'm very excited 😄😄

Re: Knitting for new baby help please

youcandoityoucandoityoucandoit — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 06:25:58 GMT

How exciting for you and the family lurker!..

Hope all goes well

Re: Knitting for new baby help please

imastawka — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 06:30:12 GMT

We want pics of bubs in cardi please