Knitting for the NICU

Valentine's Day 2013

Happy Valentine's Day!

These little lovelies are what our happy knitters having been stitching up for our NICU Velentine babies this year.  We have red Scoobys, the popular Angry Birds, Mickey & Minnie, and hand-made Velentine's cards made by a 6-year-old NICU graduate.

 These adorable 5" holographic heart Valentine's card with ribbons to hang them, were made by Jude, a NICU graduate from Fayetteville, Arkansas.  They have messages like "I love Mommy", "My Daddy rocks",  "I love my siblings", etc.  Huge hugs and Thank yous to Jude for sharing his heart and his talent with us, as well as hugs and thanks to Jude's Mom and Dad for sharing theirs as well with our NICU babies and their parents.

The hit of the NICU, everyone was thrilled by the popular Angry Birds and Scoobys with their heart button beaks and mouths--such clever designing from Kathy, one of our PFT therapists.  Mucho thanks, Kathy!

 

Pretty Princess Hat knitted from yarn donated to the NICU by a NICU family a few weeks ago and worked up into this beautiful girly girl hat.  For the pattern, please click:   Pretty Princess Hat.

The famous mice, Mickey and Minnie. I made two sets of these and although I can't take pictures in the NICU, I can tell you that they were all mega cute on the little Littles who received them.  For patterns clicke here:   Minnie   or    Mickey.

From our knitting stashes to all of you, we wish you a chocolate and flower-filled

Happy Valentine's Day!

 

"Slippers for Her" Knitted Ballet Slippers for Women

Since the last pair of house slippers I knitted for myself (about 2 years ago) now look like this:

                                      

I think I deserve some new slippers.  This time, instead of getting the ultimately warm but a little clunky and sometimes too hot Aunt Maggie's slippers, not that there's anything wrong with them,  I simply chose to knit something a little lighter, a little prettier, a little more dainty.

("Slippers for Her" from the Red Heart web site)

This sweet ballet slipper is from Red Heart, although I knitted it in Michael's worsted weight Loops & Threads "Ruby". Don't tell.  I also skipped the roses for me and added a simple pre-made satin ribbon bow but as a gift I would have knitted the pretty roses and leaf.

They're beautiful on the beautiful, thin, rested feet of the model so I included this photo from the web site. I can say that they feel sweet, tender, and heavenly only my tired, swollen, post 12 hour nightshift footies above.  The only reservation I have about reccommending this pattern is that because my feet, like the rest of my body are adorably chubby, I had a little problem keeping the heels of the slippers on until I tied a satin ribbon (simple double knot) onto each side of each slipper so I could tie a bow to make them into Mary Janes.  I don't even have to retie them every time, I just slip my feet out of them and back into them with the ribbons still tied. Problem solved.  Eventually I may adapt the pattern but for now, the ribbons work well.

For the pattern, skip to:  "Slippers for Her" from Red Heart yarn company.

Knitted in one flat piece with "Make 1" increases, folded in half, finished with a flat bottom and back seam.

Use a flat stitch of sewing from the outside edge of each bottom stitch and mattress stitch up the back.  Looks and feels great.

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