As you are a regular contributor, I'm sure that you know of Devan from knitty. That would be great and very adjustable!

What about the tank top from Debbie Bliss' Baby Knits Book? I've used up so much scrap yarn with that pattern. I bet sock yarn would look great too. You'd have to do a little math but the sweater is so blockish that it would be easy.

There's one designed by Amy King at Knitpicks.com, which I can't find right now . . . but it's for sock yarn

Ok, Jenny beat me to it, but I have seen Devan knitted up in a few different sock yarns, and they each look quite different and really nice!

I have been knitting little layette hats with sock yarn and love them. You could also knit a little cardigan, just making rectangles for the back, front pieces and sleeves. No pattern required, and the simplicity will highlight the yarn. I have some Koigu I am about to make a baby sweater with using this premise. I think it just might work.

I made this one for my girl http://www.lisaknits.com/pics/sweaters/seedstripe.jpg
and although it is written for sportsweight, perhaps you can do the math for the sockweight?

have you thought about ez's baby surprise? i don'tknow yardage requirements, but it would be a fun knit!

Oooh, Sibylle, that's beautiful! Definitely the sort of thing I'm looking for.

And Devan is a really good idea. Since it uses solid yarn for the back, you get more out of that 400m of sock yarn.

And I never thought that I liked the EZ Baby Surprise sweater until I saw MamaK's in Koigu on the baby bumpers blog. Gorgeous! Definitely worth considering.

Loving the suggestions so far! Keep 'em coming!

Yep..the gal who designed "Devan" has a whole line of patterns for tots using sock yarn...and many are very little girl friendly!!
http://www.beeskneesknits.ca/index.html

Everyone beat me to the Devan pattern, but it's a cutie. I go back and look at it every few weeks, and thing, "Yeah, I'll make that soon." I need to learn to knit faster!

Ooooh, thanks for the link, Caryn. I love the JoJo sweater. That's a definite possibility!

BTW, if you start to look like that woman from the Dog Whisperer, we're all going to have to stage a little intervention for you... ;-)

maybe hold the yarn double - that will increase the weight.

Oooh thank you, Carrie. I knew I could count on my knitter friends. Please also intervene if wee one starts looking like her too! ;0)

I don't have time to look it up, but I knit a baby sweater out of sock yarn from a pattern in Interweave Knits. It appeared about two years ago (maybe Fall 2004?) and it's a lovely little collared sweater with a diamond stitch pattern. I know, not a lot of help, but if you have old mags in your library, I'd suggest flipping through them.

what about making her a little top-down bolero? that would be ubercute!

Ok you HAVE to tell me where you got the first skein. Where can I get sunshine yarns...I am such a big fan of anything pink and green!

I remember that one Elizabooth. Fellow Knitsmith, Shireen knit it and it was so pretty. It's from the Winter 2004 issue.

I would suggest browsing Eunny's patterns. She has a tendency to knit with fine guage. Maybe it will inspire you.

Sure Michelle, that's "Raspberry Limeade" one of my favorite of Dani's colorways at Sunshine Yarns. She's been dyeing some more fall colors recently, but I'm sure if you send her an email, she'll keep in mind other colors that folks want.

I just finished knitting a Devan sweater and I love the way it turned out -- I used LB Magic Stripes in blue and grey variegated and then used Lang Jawoll in a charcoal grey for the back.

Yes, Devan and its siblings on that designer's site. So adorable in little girl colors. Also, I've been toying with the notion of how Knitty's Rosedale might come out for a child in a sock yarn. Whaddaya think?

Mary K., I was TOTALLY thinking the same thing. A little baby fingering weight Rosedale! Great minds.... ;0)

You've already adapted the grandmother pattern--in a stockingette instead of gull stitch you will have a beautiful baby sweater. I've been doing this for years for assorted babies because sock yarn is so colorful and washable using EZ's baby sweater from the Almanac.

How about this one?´

http://www.viruscreativus.com/cms_view_article.php?aid=550

What about the rosebud cardigan in Erica Knight's Simple Knits for Cherished Babies? I've seen quite a few of those over at Knitting Iris with lots of different yarns.
[Here's a link: Knitting Iris]

Hey, just found this shrug for sock yarn. It should be easily resizable for a baby.

Aw, come on, express your inner rebel. Wear socks that don't match your outfit.

I'm doing it right now. In my office. And nobody has keeled over or anything, I promise.

The Surprise Jacket works really well with self-striping yarn, by the way.

I gotta ask: Is that the Neapolitan candy pattern sock yarn there in the middle? I have been on the hunt for that for forever...my mother LOVES those candies, and I want to make her a pair of socks like them.

If you would consider a trade, I have 3 skeins of Artyarns supermerino in a cutie pink colorway (I think 112?) that would make a warm and soft baby sweater too!

How about that EZ totem jacket in KWT? The garter stitch and squares would be fun in variegataed.

http://www.beeskneesknits.ca/patterns.html

Lots of great patterns over here :)

Alison I just started one today for a baby shower gift!! It's a precious top-down raglan with a sweet little seed stitch button band. I think it'll take much less than 100g of sock yarn (I'm using my hand dyed). It's from a vintage pattern and I could easily abbreviate the pattern for you (it's way over-detailed for an experienced knitter). Or maybe you'd like it for the baby bumpers blog anyway. I'll post a photo on my blog today. Let me know if you want it. I think the pattern is old enough that it's not an infringement on copyrights to reproduce the pattern.

Unfortunately no suggestions from me, but the woman in pink is just a tad bit frightening to me. The wee one will look darling, she's going to be the best dressed girl on the block.

Oat Couture has a few patterns that use fingering yarn that would knit up beautifully with a large skein sock yarn. www.oatcouture.com. Happy Knitting!

When in doubt, I say check with EZ. But, the knitandtonic blog has the Girlfriend shrug in sock yarn. You might try to size it down (smallest size is 2T in the pattern).

Hello- as the mum of 2 girls, I am always looking for cute patterns. I made this one with Dale cotton, sadly, it fit her for 10 minutes. I thought I would have more time to knit after she was born- ha! I think it's very sweet.
http://www.oatcouture.com/patternpages/201victoriant.html

Hi
I am delurking just to say congrats on the bump! I am living vicariously through all the pregnant ladies, Ilove being pregnant!
I think the sweaters you have made for her are beautiful.

I think pink socks are cool! I would make a mommy and baby matching set.

peace
michele

Oh! Please, please, please knit up one of the Bees Knees sweater patterns in the middle Brach's candy colorway! I've SO wanted to do that but now the yarn is unavailable and I've already knit up that colorway into a pair of socks.
Any of them would be so, so sweet, though, as a baby girl sweater.

Almost all of the DROPS patterns call for (basically) fingering weight yarn:

http://www.garnstudio.com/lang/en/drops_oversikt.php?type=baby

Another vintage pattern is a great idea. All those little sweaters called "sacques" are adorable.

And the Drops patterns are really sweet too. Gotta see if I can find any of their latest catalogs in the store!

Love all these ideas!!

I made the Baby Kimono from the Summer 2005 IK from a 100 gm skein of Sockotta I had in my stash. It came out great.

Ooooh Bees knees knits I second that! I was going to have to say I know this site that hase great little sweaters all made out of sock yarn but
I lost the link cause my computer blew up from a nast virus.. but hey since Helene so conveniently suggested it now I have the link again..!!!
Definitely Bees Knees!!

WOW....the wee one will have some more gorgeous sweater coming

I don't know about what to do with the sock yarn but I think that me and that pink women have a lot in common. :) My entire yarn stash is pink. :)

Take a look at this, I think it would work up nice in sock yarn. No affiliation, yadda, yadda
http://thepatternfactory.blogspot.com/2006/07/beatrix.html

Bee's Knees (by Holli Yeoh) patterns are adorable & use sock yarn in inventive ways. You can order them directly from her website (http://www.beeskneesknits.ca/), pay with paypal & you get a down loadable pattern in minutes - nothing like instant gratification. I have several of her patterns & just recently bought Peacock for my granddaughter who was supposed to be born via C-section today but made her appearance Sunday.

How about this one? http://www.geocities.com/lindaslists/babysweaterfront.htm

I'm knitting a top down raglan right now & it is so easy & fun!

You can take any sweater pattern that is knit in pieces and make the fronts in sock yarn and use a coordinating solid for the rest. Our make the sleeves in the sock yarn and the rest in the solid. I frequently do the fronts of a v-neck raglan cardigan in the sock yarn and the rest in a solid. They turn out very attractive.

Hi Alison,

This past summer, I bought a pattern for a baby cardiagan written for sock yarn (and knit in the round!) called Jacob's baby sweater at Whippletree Yarn Store in Woodstock, VT. They had written the pattern at the store and were selling it. I'm sure you could call them...

By the way, I also have a pattern from Lamb's Ear Designs for an earflap hat and socks usig sock yarn. I can't remember where I got this pattern... And I haven't knit either one of these patterns (yet), so I can't attest to their reliability.

Good luck and thanks always for your great blog! I really enjoy it!

Melissa

Who on earth wants socks to match clothing? It's way better when people are like "Don't you look nice OMG ARE THOSE YOUR SOCKS?!" >.> Maybe that's just in my world. But I do like the idea of a very fine baby sweater... it would be sweet and intricate and worth the time. But also sooocckkss.

I like the sideways sockyarn sweater. There is a picture here: http://www.hyphenboydesigns.com/Patterns/Sideways_Sockyarn_Baby_Sweater/ssy_baby_sweater.htm
I knit one out of opal. I bought the pattern here: http://www.cu-needleworks.com/. All of the sizes have been test knit. I knit the 3 mos one.

Someone mentioned above but....EZ's baby surprise. I've seen one knit with koigu and US4 needles, very cute and fast.

You know, I've been having the exact same thoughts about my sock yarn. I'm bookmarking this post!

Alison,

One thing you could do is use a child's pattern that calls for a chunkier yarn. Knitting with the sock yarn will reduce the size of the finished piece, and you'll have so many more options to choose from with all the great kids patterns out there! Congrats on your bun!

Check out "Simple Knits for Cherished Babies". I forget at the moment who wrote it, but it has several simple little sweaters and cardis that would be just precious. I have knit one pattern from it and plan to tackle another soon. It was fun and easy... and so cute!

I think you might love some of these, from a local Canadian design company called Bees Knees. My mother works in a yarn store in Nova Scotia and has made up a number of these for the store; they're very popular.

http://www.beeskneesknits.ca/about.html

There's a treasure trove here and you can sort them by tension.

http://www.garnstudio.com/lang/en/soek_test03112006.php

I have made several baby sweaters with sock yarn using the Sideways Sockyarn Baby Sweater from Hyphen Boy Designs. It uses 350 to 600 yards of sock yarn , sizes newborn to 18 months. I got it from One Fine Yarn.

Hey Alison. I visit your blog regularly and love to see how productive you are.
Wanted to tell you that I recently went through my sock stash and decided to combine self striping sock yarns together and in some cases I paired them with solids to tone down the color or the effect.
So, I've found that the double weight makes really great boot socks and you can mix those pinks with other colors to blend them out a bit if you like...

I think a lot of baby knits are made using fingering yarn or sport weight...at least from what I noticed ...
I would think you could manged with most of the Debbie Bliss quick baby knits patterns...I don't suppose holding two threads together is at all possible?

http://funknits.com/ has some free patterns for baby socks and hats- I know Shelley (the owner) has made all kinds of thngs from sock yarn for her grand-daughter- so emailing her for some ideas about patterns would be an idea (and she is really friendly and helpful)Congrats on the upcoming baby (I have a little girl- they tend to be rather sweet!) Are the boys all excited????

Bee's Knees - see http://www.simplysockyarn.com/Categories.bok?category=PATTERNS%3ABees+Knees,+Kids+Sweaters+Using+Sock+Yarn for patterns

Forgive me if I'm repeating since I didn't read all the comments, but I highly recommend Simple Knits for Cherished Babies by Erica Knight. I have made at least half the patterns in there and they are great! Elegant, classic and I found no errors yet in any of the ones I made. Quita a few of the patterns are for fine gauge yarn, and there are a few for DK as well.

Why don't you make a sock yarn version of a Log Cabin blanket like January One did with Socks that Rock yarn? Sounds like you have enough yarn to really have some fun with such a versatile pattern.

Tanya

Bees Kness Patterns has many patterns that use sock yarns.

But, how about a simple kimono type sweater, or a small bolero.

I have a suggestion. My greatgrandmother and grandmother both knitted scores of top down raglan cardigans for babies using sport or fingering weight yarn. You can vary the edging, vary the increases on the raglan (I'm partial to yarnovers for a pretty looking raglan increase). Crochet a button loop, add a cute button at the top and you've got an adorable baby swing coat. You can add some increases to the body of the sweater under the armholes to make it even "swingier". I've made several of these for my daughter.

C.

A while back I had the same idea and found these patterns online:

http://www.getknitted.com/acatalog/Patterns_using_Opal_sock_yarn.html

Good luck with your search!

My name is Holli Yeoh and I'm the designer of Bee's Knees Knits. I was debating about whether or not to mention my patterns to you and now I see that a number of your readers already have! I would love to send you a complimentary pattern of your choice to use with your lovely pink self-patterning sock yarns.

Alison, Tess' Designer Yarns has several baby sweaters designed to use one hank of sock weight yarn -- there's a garter stitch cardigan, a kimono, a plain raglan -- all things you could do either as written or tweaked.

Hey Alison,

After you posted about the Oma baby sweater from the vintage pattern book, I hunted one down from Vintage knits and started to make the wrap sweater with vertical stripes near the back of the book. It's written for a fingering weight and I'm using 2 solid colors of Dale Baby Ull for it. I think I'll use about 3 skeins total, two of the main color and 1 of the other color. (So about 600 yards total) I've been toying with the idea of using varieagated sock yarn as the main color and a solid color for the secondary color since I have so much sock yarn to use up too :)

I'll post a progress pic tomorrow so that you can see what I'm talking about.