Baby Boy Bubble Romper

While we work on our summer stock, we thought we might post back a bit on a recent baby romper we knitted and sewed for a very dear friend’s first born boy:

In honor of the newcomer cuteness pie, 

we refer to this model as

Pablo’s Romper

Boy Bubble Romper – Winter 2014

We knitted it with 100% baby Merino Wool, from katia. A wonderful yarn, machine washable that also offers a very soft, elegant yet contemporary color palette. The bubble bottom we cut and sewed using light dusty grey 100% cotton piqué. As always with this garment, we made it with crotch clasp closures because as a mother, I know the tragedy that an onesies without easy diaper access might involve!

Raglan Sleeve Detail

The pattern is simple but the fitting is fantastic, as always with raglan sleeves. It buttons on the back and paired with some color matching leggings, this is for sure, our fetish garment. We included in the gift parcel a baby cap, knitted in wool, for two reasons: 

- babies look the cutest in caps

- winter was coming

Baby  Cap

If you like it, we made it available through our Etsy store.

Suggestions and Customizations Welcome

Blue Marine

It all started coz I bought this very nice shirt for my 3year old from Nanos..a shop that I personally love

QUESTION: If a blog becomes ultra viral, do they give you free stuff for mentioning brands?

It obviously requires a jacket, and I already got one from the same brand which unfortunetely does not go well (color wise) with this particular shirt. I would not family economy could withstand getting a second one on a different color..and also, its pattern has got to be mine! It is one of those updated classics that become an extremely wearable, useful, MUST on any child's closet. 

Blue Marine - Break Up

NOTE TO SELF: a 3 year old jacket requires already a considerable amount of wool.

I have always favored baby size projects because of their short-term return of investment. I mean, since they are small (in size) projects, the gratification of finishing them comes faster. In addition to this, for bigger sizes, the cost of the yarns starts to add up. I use relatively fine needles, 4mm for this particular project, so in this case, 6 balls of KATIA Merino 100% wool were wolfed down by the jacket.

Still, its total cost is almost half of a market price for a similar garment.

Blue Marine - Boy Cardigan- Completed!

Knitted, sewn, fitted and finished!

As anticipated, the buckles were a challenge. Thanks to my mother in law who worked hard and in detail to bring them to perfection, they are finally done. My brain always runs faster than my hands and definitely faster than my patience. So that when I envision something, I attempt to do it, but if it qualifies as precision work, then I have come to accept that it is not a job for me. 

Buckle Success (in my humble opinion of course)

Such was the case of the buckles. But my mother in law is something else. She did not rest till she found the right cord, the right leather, cut it, dyed it and sew it to the jacket to perfection!

Here is the end result, how do you like it? The yarn is fantastic! The softest, warmest, richest in color with just the right pinch of elasticity Merino Katia 100%.

Homemade plus: made with undeniable heart warmth 100% for you 

Now for the second part, my baby girl coordinated outfit.