A bit of this and a bit of that.

It's been a bit hot and we have had a few visitors over the past weeks. I just wanted a few little things to work on.

A cute little crochet turban beanie.....
Click on the link to see the pattern.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oMhP5RDkb08

Bibs lined with flannelette

Knitted cotton dishcloths for the gift box

4 ply premie Knitted beanie

4 PLY PREM BABY BEANIE……

I used a soft 4 ply baby yarn.

No. 10 needles… 3.25 mm
(or size to make good tension)


CAST ON 59 sts….

K1, P1 to end.
P1, K1 to end.
REPEAT UNTIL WORK MEASURES 2” (5 cm)

 PATTERN
K2, P2 to last st. P1
K2, P2 to last st. K1
REPEAT UNTIL WORK MEASURES 5” (12.5 cm)

YOU CAN DO THIS RIB PATTERN OR ANY OTHER PATTERN YOU LIKE.

K2 tog,  to last st, K1….  30 sts…

Break yarn.                  
Thread through sts
Sew up side seam
Turn band up…..

A Premie Knitted beanie

Have a look to see what else I make for the NICU at the local hospital.
https://jobutterfield.blogspot.com.au/p/prem-baby-makes.html
This is my Prem Baby Makes page. If you want to join in and makes any of the items here please feel free. If you want to send some tomdonate please email me....

Little comfort hearts for little babies in the NICU

I have been having fun making these little hearts for the NICU.
When a little one is taken from the mum and put in a crib it needs the smell of mum or dad. So when it comes time for a cuddle mum/dad can hold onto a heart with baby. Then when the baby is put back into the crib the heart is put with them. They still have the scent of mum/dad with them to comfort them. They are really easy to make.

1. On a piece of paper or template plastic.... Mark out a 4" square 
2. draw a heart to fit inside the square 

Make a heart shape to fit inside a 4 in square

1. Cut out the heart.
2. Trace out on to cute baby cotton fabric 
3. Lay on top of some flannelette right sides together
4. sew on the lines leaving a gap for turning

Stitching right sides together on soft cuddly flannelette 

1. Trim leaving a very small seam allowance

All stitched ready and trimmed ready to turn out.

1. Turn right sides out and close up the gap.

Turn right sides out and stitch the gap closed

1. Top stitch around the edge.
2. MAKE A LOT MORE

Nicely topstitched and ironed.
A lovely pile of 40.. 

Keep them on soft gender specific fabrics and everyone is kept happy. They are so cute, easy and quick to make and they comfort both parents and babies.

All delivered nicely to the hospital. 

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HELP ME OUT PLEASE  EMAIL ME FOR MORE DETAILS.

Here are some other ideas to help out if you want.

https://jobutterfield.blogspot.com.au/p/prem-baby-makes.html

More for the NICU ward at the hospital.

After talking to the person in charge of the NICU ward I came away knowing of a few things they needed to brighten up the ward and make it a happier place to be...
First up were some humidicrib covers. These help block out the ceiling lights and also decorate the crib. They wanted cheerful patterns specific for boys and girls. Not necessarily blue or pink but patterns to define the sexes. We all want out little babies to be known.
The size for these are easy to make. 26" x 33" or   66 cm x 84 cm... approx.
They are made with flannelette or both sides cotton. They can be pieced or use a panel. The best part is they DO NOT need wadding.. I used a darker backing on them so the seams didn't show up as much with the light behind it....
I bagged them.... sewed them right sides together, leaving a gap for turning, turned them right sides out and topstitched the gap closed. I added more top stitching all over to hold front and back together..

I had a small strip of this cute baby print. I cut it in half  and added strips of the plain blue.
I think it looks very cute.

I had some left over teddy bear fabric in green. This went on the back

One for the boys. I have just added a plain blue drill fabric for the backing.
It is a bit heavier but looks great.

This one needed to be made bigger so I cut the backing bigger and bagged it.
The extra fabric wrapped to the front making a border with mitred corners. 

Another cute panel.
 I stitched all around the animal shapes to hold it together.

A cute panel with a bright pink backing

If anyone would like to help out and wants to post some to me to pass on to the hospital drop me an email. I would love to have some others help me. I had these panels here so I knew I could whip these up quickly. Now I can spend some time doing a few pieced blocks and have some fun with different patterns.
Just a reminder... They measure 26" x 33".. they are made of cotton or flannelette fabric.. NO WADDING/BATTING is required. A darker fabric for backing is preferred but not essential.

I am building up a list of items to make for the hospital and have started a new page so they are all in one place. There will be some photos which will link back to the post with the requirements...

PREM BABY makes
Thanks for caring...

Knitting Premie Beanies

PREMIE BABY BEANIES……. 8 PLY

I had trouble finding beanies the sizes the hospital needed. Some premie patterns actually fitted up to 3 month olds. I tried a few patterns then decided on the following. I wrote my own. 

The hospital actually wanted them longer than most patterns I found. It made them more flexible to fit the tiny, elongated heads.

If you want to help out and join me in using up some scraps to donate to the hospital please keep the colours gender specific. Doesn't have to be pink or blue but boy or girl. Think back to when we had our little bundle of joy. We wanted everyone to know if we had a boy or girl and all wrapped up in grey makes it a bit harder. Put a pink or blue stripe in it… They also prefer them started in rib instead of garter st. The band is longer so it can be folded up if a smaller beanie is required.

I made these beanies in 3 sizes. Small, Medium & Large…

Now we know yarn thicknesses vary and plys aren't always the same… keeping this in mind I used both thick and thin 8 ply. 

Thin 8 ply I used size 3.75 needles (9) and made all 3 sizes.

Thick 8 ply I used 4mm (8) needles and only made the small and medium size.

SMALL.. Cast on 34 sts 

 Rib… K1, P1. to end… WORK 10 rows

 Work 16 rows st st.

 SHAPE CROWN

1. (K2, K2 tog) to end….. 26 sts

2. Purl

3. (K1, K2 tog) to end….. 18 sts

4. Purl

5. K2 you to end….. 9 sts.

6. Purl

 Cut yarn & thread through sts on needle. Pull tight, fasten off and sew up seam.

MEDIUM..Cast on 42 sts
Rib… K1, P1. to end… WORK 12 rows

Work 24 rows st st.

 SHAPE CROWN

1. (K3, K2 tog) to end…. 34 sts

2. Purl

3. (K2, K2 tog) to end….. 26 sts

4. Purl

5. (K1, K2 tog) to end….. 18 sts

6. Purl

7. K2 you to end….. 9 sts.

8. Purl

 Cut yarn & thread through sts on needle. Pull tight, fasten off and sew up seam.

LARGE..Cast on 50 sts 

 Rib… K1, P1. to end… WORK 14 rows

 Work 34 rows st st.

 SHAPE CROWN

1. (K4, K2 tog) to end…. 42 sts

2. Purl

3. (K3, K2 tog) to end…. 34 sts

4. Purl

5. (K2, K2 tog) to end….. 26 sts

6. Purl

7. (K1, K2 tog) to end….. 18 sts

8. Purl

9. K2 you to end….. 9 sts.

10. Purl

 Cut yarn & thread through sts on needle. Pull tight, fasten off and sew up seam.

Once you have made a couple please feel free to add some patterns in. Garter st stripes, st st stripes, Lacey patterns, hole patterns even cables if you choose. Have fun.

As you can see they are tiny. The small size fits over a small wine glass.

Tiny premie beanies

I am adding this to a new page called PREM BABY makes to have all my little makes listed in one place.
PREM BABY makes page
If anyone wants to help out please email me for more information.