the blue blog archives: itty bitty booksigning

I was not at all surprised to find that she was just as sweet as the adorable little knits in her books. She brought along a whole trunk show of her knits and, let me tell you, all those itty bitties were even cuter in person! Can you see the teensy knitted teacups and that wonderfully stripey elefant. Chubby bunny was also there. I looooove him!

And the giant over-sized chenille peas and carrots were even funnier in real life. I don't know what you'd do with them, but when you see them in person, they are so outrageously huge and stuffed like something Claes Oldenburg would knit, that they're suddenly so cool, you want to make them. They're a riot!

Finally, the one thing I was most interested in seeing in person, besides Susan of course, was that incredible mouse mobile. Wee one touched some of the mice tentatively, but the boys really liked it. They came by and kind of mauled it after I took this picture.

To celebrate the occasion, I made wee one the bunny ears hat from Itty-Bitty Hats. Because of my bad math skills (I recalculated incorrectly after choosing a larger-gauge yarn and ended up at first with a hat that would fit my head!), I didn't get it done in time for wee one to wear to meet Susan (she wore her daisy hat instead), but it's all done today!

Such a fun pattern! I really appreciate how all of the hats in Susan's book are very simply constructed, so they're easy (if you don't goof your times tables like me) to resize for different gauges and larger sizes. I wanted to make this bunny hat out of some of the handspun angora I got from Jamie Harmon at Rhinebeck one year. I made myself a hat with her handspun and it's so cozy, wee one likes to take it off my head and snuggle with it. She especially likes the funny pompom on the top. Which is why I knew she'd love this bunny hat, because on the back it has a little pompom cottontail! (You don't see this in any of the book pictures, but it is in the instructions.)

Thanks to Susan from moms of now-even-cuter babies everywhere for sharing all your wonderful itty bitty patterns with us! I can't wait to see what you have in store for us to knit next!!

posted by alison at 12:03 pm | in baby, it's cold outside , itty bitty hats

Comments

Wee one looks so adorable with bunny ears! That look she has is cute.

Posted by: Amy at November 13, 2007 12:41 PM

LOVE the bunny hat!! The cottontail is too cute.

Posted by: Jean at November 13, 2007 1:06 PM

Ooo! I want make an adult-sized one. I promise I'll get the book, but how big is the hat as written?

Posted by: Seanna Lea at November 13, 2007 2:39 PM

Oh, Oh, there goes that cute-o-metre!

Posted by: Anita at November 13, 2007 3:11 PM

I have been trying to resist buying that book - telling myself that, since Baby M had her 1st birthday yesterday (big party was Saturday but we marked yesterday by taking pics at the very spot in Ikea where Mommy's water broke one year ago & having dinner with 2 pieces of cake for 5 of us to share). But those photos have convinced me I need to buy the book. Baby M's big brothers got a toy kitchen last year & many of the items in the book would be great for playing house in their kitchen.

Posted by: Donna at November 13, 2007 3:12 PM

I have I-B Hats an d love it so two weeks ago I broke down and bought I-B Nursery... We are going to give my daughter a play kitchen for Christmas so I think I'm going to try to do the tea set for her birthday in January (no way I'll have time before Christmas, I already have too much planned!). I love the elephant- had not seen that before- I guess that will be one more thing on the ever-expanding list :)

Posted by: Katie at November 13, 2007 3:30 PM

You've convinced me! I need itty-bitty nursery! So cute. Wee one's hat is adorable.

Posted by: casey at November 13, 2007 3:44 PM

the bunny hat is adorable - and the quilting looks awesome!

Posted by: thea at November 13, 2007 5:01 PM

the bunny hat is adorable - and the quilting looks awesome!

Posted by: thea at November 13, 2007 5:02 PM

Seanna Lea, the hat patterns generally go up to 1-2 years, but as I say, they'd be easy to size up even to adult size, either by adding more stitches or using a thicker yarn. I'm tempted to make and "Olive You" hat for me!! ;0)

Posted by: ALISON at November 13, 2007 5:07 PM

DH and I both got a real laugh out of the rear view of the bunny tail and ears. That is so cute! Wee one is adorable!

Posted by: Katherine at November 13, 2007 6:49 PM

Cute knits! Thanks for the link to the elephants!

Posted by: Andrea at November 14, 2007 12:06 AM

Oh, I think the cute-o-meter just went "SPPRROOOOIINGGG!" So adorable!

Posted by: Dava at November 14, 2007 8:37 PM

I just finished knitting the striped Baby Marley Hat in the Itty-Bitty Hats book and it is now my favorite baby hat. It is too cute! The hat was interesting to knit as the stitch pattern changed with each color of the rainbow. I borrowed the book from the library, but I think I will put it on my Christmas list! Your bunny hat is adorable as is your wee one!

Posted by: Marji at November 14, 2007 9:00 PM

I thought the hat was pretty cute... until I saw the back. Now I think it's the cutest hat in the world!

Posted by: Marlena at November 16, 2007 3:53 PM

Susan should give you a cut of some of her sales. Like others above, I'm considering purchasing this. (It was the peas and carrots that got me!! AND the elephant. Yeah, and that bunny hat is fun, too.

Posted by: PainterWoman at November 18, 2007 3:47 PM

Love the Bunny Hat! Wee one looks absolutely adorable in it! I especially like the bunny tail in the back..too cute for words!

Posted by: marie at November 20, 2007 8:40 AM