June Update - So Pressed for Time!

So I haven't posted anything in a while because… I had a baby!! She is doing really well - super chilled, and I feel like I've made a full recovery too. She's seven weeks old now and I'm just starting to feel like maybe I should be getting back to keeping the old knitting pattern business ticking over. 

 It's a funny time, the newborn stage. You feel super busy and like you're not doing anything much at the same time. Baby's asleep cuddled up with me as I'm typing this (one handed, on my phone lol). I can't complain because she's sleeping very well at night, and I'm maybe getting an hour at most to myself through the day when she naps in her pram. Most of that time is eaten up with tackling laundry mountain…
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I am getting time to do a row or two of knitting here and there though. I started this months ago and put it on hold to do some baby knitting. I can't remember if I've posted any pictures of it before, my pregnancy was pretty rough towards the end so I wasn't getting much done then either.

The yarn is gorgeous Tribe Yarns undyed Merino Silk Yak DK. It's so plush, supersoft, a gorgeous natural colour and very budget friendly. 

The cardi itself is top down with an attached shawl collar. The stitch pattern looks like brioche, but it's just twisted ribbing with increases and decreases. Keeping things simple! 
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Fingers crossed that at a row a day I can get it done by autumn!

Here's a few pictures of the baby knitting I got done too. I finished work at 38 weeks pregnant and then baby ended up arriving nine days late so I had a bit of time for knitting. 

The cardi is a Newborn Vertebrae (warning: link is to Ravelry) by Kelly van Niekerk and the blanket is a Chevron Baby Blanket  by Espace Tricot. I absolutely did not have the mental bandwidth to design any baby knits myself!

Somewhat unbelievably, I have also managed to arrange a test knit for my Brocken Spectre Cardigan pattern. The pattern was written pre baby but I'm super proud of myself that it only took me two months to do the post tech-edit redraft and put it up online. 

It's a cute, slightly cropped cardigan with lace detail at the shoulders. There are ten sizes and the lace had both written instructions and charts. You can volunteer to test in my Ravelry Group, or drop me an email/pm me on social media if you don't use Ravelry.