Layette Set #23 Finally Done

I got the knitting for this done weeks ago, but didn't get around to doing the blanket until last week.

Cardigan

Pattern: Super Natural Stripes by Fawn Pea

Size: 0-6 months

Yarn: Big Twist Value Solids
Content: 100% Acrylic, worsted weight
Color: Buttercup

Yarn: Red Heart Classic Solids
Content: 100% Acrylic, worsted weight
Color: Gray

Yarn: Unknown Acrylic
Content: 100% Acrylic, worsted weight
Color: Black

Needles: Circular size 7

Started: July 5, 2017
Finished: July 16, 2017

Detail shot of the shoulder.

I found this button at the Knit-n-Crochet shop in Coeur d'Alene

The hat.

Pattern: Chibi Striped Baby Hat by Chiaki Hayashi

Size made: 6 months

Yarn: Big Twist Value Solids
Content: 100% Acrylic, worsted weight
Color: Buttercup

Yarn: Red Heart Classic Solids
Content: 100% Acrylic, worsted weight
Color: Gray

Yarn: Unknown Acrylic
Content: 100% Acrylic, worsted weight
Color: Black

Needles: U.S. size 7 circulars

Started: July16, 2017
Finished: July20, 2017

The booties.

Pattern: Seamless Garter Tassel Booties by Karen Strauss
Size made: 6 months

Yarn: Big Twist Value Solids
Content: 100% Acrylic, worsted weight
Color: Buttercup

Yarn: Red Heart Classic Solids
Content: 100% Acrylic, worsted weight
Color: Gray

Yarn: Unknown Acrylic
Content: 100% Acrylic, worsted weight
Color: Black

Needles: U.S. size 7 circulars

Started: July 20, 2017
Finished: July 24, 2017

Blanket

Pattern: One rnd of (sc1, ch1) all the way around, join rnd with sl st, then one rnd of (2 dc, 1 trc, 2dc) in each ch sp all the way around, join with sl st.

Size made: 36 by 30 inches

Yarn: Big Twist Value Solids
Content: 100% Acrylic, worsted weight
Color: Buttercup

Yarn: Red Heart Classic Solids
Content: 100% Acrylic, worsted weight
Color: Gray

Yarn: Unknown Acrylic
Content: 100% Acrylic, worsted weight
Color: Black

Hook: U.S. size G

Started: August 30, 2017
Finished: August 31, 2017

Detail shot of edging.

I entered the cardigan, hat, and booties in the North Idaho State Fair and won a second place red ribbon. All in all, I'm happy with how it turned out. I am now out of that fabric too.

The weather is still unseasonably hot and dry and we are well socked in with smoke from wild fires in outlying areas. Nothing close to us that we have to worry about so far. We're keeping our fingers crossed. The 90F degree temperatures are predicted for at least another whole week. We are about 20 degrees above normal. The woods are super dry and crunchy. The nights, though, are being their normal cold, in the forties, and even 30's, though we haven't gone below freezing yet. So, a typical day is 93 degrees, and the night gets down to 40, though we did have one get down to 33 last week. That is a HUGE temperature difference in a 24 hour period.

As I mentioned in my last post, my husband was laid off his job. He worked for them for 17 years, and we were not expecting it. It's been quite a shock to us. He's been applying for jobs now, but so far has not heard back from anyone. This is a bit scary. We have some savings, but there's a limit to how long it's going to last.

I'm so glad the cruise is all paid for. We have less than a week before we leave.

Chenille is doing good on the medication. She's been eating a little bit more, I think. It's hard to tell. She certainly scarfs down any treats I give her. She likes the medicine too. A couple times I accidentally squirt it on to my hand instead of in her mouth and she licked it all up. She's sleeping a lot these days and wants to be in my lap whenever I sit down. Zoey doesn't like that at all.

I will post another finished layette set tomorrow.

Live long and prosper. \\//