Onesie Dress and Liten Shrug

So...having a girl is so much fun. I have really enjoyed making clothes for her to wear. A long time ago I saw the idea of sewing a skirt onto a onesie to turn it into a dress, and I finally got around to trying it out. I'm very much a beginner at sewing and even this simple project took a few tries. First I sewed the skirt on inside out. Next, I did something wrong that led to my sewing machine eating my fabric and breaking my needle. Finally, I went over to my sister's house and she helped me with it and let me use her machine. The instructions that I followed were from love city.

I purposely picked out fabric that would match some Sirdar yarn that I purchased so that I could make a matching shrug. The pattern is called Liten and can be found on ravelry. It was super easy, but I did make it a little small. I followed the 6 month instructions and it is snug on my almost four month old. But I tend to knit that way and I really should check my gauge before making clothing. It was a fun easy project that helped pass the time while we road tripped for a wedding over the weekend. Here's my baby wearing the combo:

Baby A-Line Dress

This dress was one of the first things I saw when I was looking for knitting patterns and I really wanted to make it. I tried it around the holidays last year and I was having too much trouble, so I worked on some other things. It went well when I tried it again this time, but I did change it to be in the round instead of in pieces. Much less purling that way. :)

I am not a fast knitter and this dress took me a long time. It helped to have a couple of road trips to make some good progress, but I did worry that she would outgrow the dress before I was done. So I was pleased when I tried it on her and saw that there was plenty of room to grow. If I remember, I'll post another picture when she's a little bigger and it fits her better.

I found the pattern on Ravelry here, and I used Katia Baby Merino.