Lately, we've had a lot of pregnancies amongst
the Interweavers, so there has been a frenzy of people knitting and
crocheting wee cute things at meetings and in the lunchroom.
My own Wee Cute Knitting consisted of baby hats. I started with a
pink hat sized for a preemie, just to get the pattern worked out. As it
turns out, this pattern is pretty versatile: Knit it at the smaller
gauge in pink for a frilly vintage look; or work it up at a larger
gauge in a dark color for a more "skater-boy beanie" feel.
One of the tiny recipients, Isaac Berka, son of Amanda Berka
(assistant editor of Spin-Off magazine), wore his hat to a photo shoot.
Amanda Berka and baby Isaac from Spin-Off Spring 2007
Sure enough, the photo of Isaac-In-Hat ended up in the Spring 2007
issue of Spin-Off. The hat pattern was not in the magazine, because it
was made out of store-bought yarn, not handspun. However, that issue
had barely hit people's porches before we started getting requests for
"the cute baby hat pattern." A few publishing magic tricks later, and
voila! The Vine Lace Baby Hat pattern is now available (exclusively)
for Knitting Daily members.