Baby Sweater Fever

If you follow the blog, you will have noticed that there was a baby sweater in May's Finished projects. As well as one I started when I said I wouldn't start any new projects because I need to finish current WIPs. And there's another one in the works, undocumented on the blog or on Instagram.  I'm addicted.

At church we have 6, yes 6, babies arriving between now and December. Four of them are first time mommies, and one is a baby sister with only brothers. So there are a lot of baby showers happening in the coming months as well.

And, since I have a wonderful hobby and I have a goal to use up stash, I decided to make a sweater for every one of those little babies. Stashbusting and enjoying myself and being able to give the finished items a good home all at once? Sign me up!

I've also been using any small leftovers to knit up preemie hats, if I have enough I could make a pair of kid socks or even a baby size hat too. Basically, after the sweater I keep going with the yarn until I can go no more.

I HAVE to Make This.

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/maddies-tiny-dress

Goal: 13 Miles

Earlier I posted my "Goal for the Year" to knit 13 miles of yarn. 13 miles because it's 2013. Get it? Get it?
Well, I though maybe I'd share with you all some of the ways I will get to that goal. (Also, over on the sidebar there's a little widget that tells you how much I've knit so far for the year.)

First some baby sweaters:

Little Sister's Dress  

Milo
I already have the yarn (olive green and dark blue) for both of these, as well as tentative recipients in mind. But am open to make them for someone who really really wants them...

A sweater or two for myself:

Chaste Sanna

Tourist Sweater
Both of these were gifted to me by fellow Ravelers. (If you knit and have not discovered Ravelry, go there, now.) I haven't decided on colors yet, I personally tend to gravitate toward grays and blues.

If I get really ambitious and brave I will attempt a beaded shawl:

UnsinkableAgain, made possible by the gift of beads from a fellow Raveler. (Yes, this pattern isn't beaded, but it 'spoke' to me. If you knit, or quilt, or sew, you get what I mean.)

And finally, since I've had some good success with ambitious blankets in the past, I have decided to knit at least 13 squares from the The Great North American Afghan.

There are multiple versions of this afghan from different years of publication, I have two of them so that should give me at least 13 squares that I like enough to knit up. I also plan to do this in black, hot pink, and gray (white if I can't find any gray).

And of course, since it's me, I'll be knitting plenty of socks. In fact, I joined the 13 Socks in 2013 group over on Ravelry. Let's be honest here, it's an addiction. I already have yarn for three pairs, plus baby size ones from the scraps. I might as well make it official.