help me pick a yarn for my next project: baby layette

[pamelamama]

I am making a baby layette to sell at auction for my son's school. Little wrap sweater and hat, possibly matching pants/bottoms, in this textured knit stitch:

http://woolywonder.com/lookie/mysterystitch/smaller.jpg

I need to select a yarn that is soft enough for a newborn and simple enough to show the stitch pattern. The resulting product needs to be so cute that people want to spend a zillion dollars on it for their grandbaby-on-the-way. "Won't the new baby look darling in that as her/his coming home/baby naming party outfit!!!"

I'll make a girl set and a boy set. Probably need a main and contrasting color for each set.

Any ideas? I loved the way it worked up in Cascade 220, but the regular follks might not groove on wool.... y'know the whole 'itchy/allergic to wool' dealy.

This design needs to be breathtakingly gorgeous. Help!! :help

[cozystitches]

no answers for you..but what's that stitch??? Will ya share?? Purty please???

[pamelamama]

Am I greedy if I want to make up the layette before I share the pattern stitch??

I found the stitch on a hat, and several online friends have helped me track down the how-to.

If ya really want it, send me a PM, k?

[littleturtlemama]

hey, I thought of another yarn last night (when I woke up in the middle of the night, dreaming about it) I think that an alpaca would be absolutely dreamy, but do you want machine wash only, cause it definitely isn't, LOL! Anyway, it's smooth enought o show the stitch, and would be buttah soft ;)

[mhurst]

I have some GOA (50% cotton 50% acrylic) that is sooo soft that would be nice for a layette.

It is pricy though, at my LYS it is $6.35 for a 50 gram ball (60 meters).

What about some of :theresa Henry's Attic yarn, her site is down right now or I would pick something out. (bandwidth).

[littleturtlemama]

What about some of Henry's Attic yarn, her site is down right now or I would pick something out. (bandwidth)

WHAT?!?!?!?!? I just upped my bandwidth last month :/

[pamelamama]

eeek T!!

[Aurora]

What a beautiful stitch pattern! :butterfly

[BaysMom]

Ifyou can stand superwash.. I'd go that route. That way it can be washed but still has a hand nicer than acrylic. I think they have a nice range of colors here

http://secure.elann.com/productdisp.asp?NAME=Filatura+Di+Crosa+501&Season= &Company=&Cat=ALLY&ProductType=5&OrderBy=+Order+By +ShortFibre&Count=59

I saw some really nice wool/cotton blend stuff from lambs pride at the LYS the other day. It was SO soft and drapey, but, of course, it was hand-wash only. I would think that any special baby layette would never go through the washer anyway.. but you never know.. some people don't get it. I think if you could find something like "cotton cashmere blend", it would sound so luxuirious and they wouldn't think "itchy wool" . It would sound specail and delicate for a new baby :)


Here is some.. but I have no idea if it will be good for showing stitch definition.. it might be too squishy soft. Worth a look though.. VERY nice color selection
http://www.yarnmarket.com/product.cfm?action=show_product&product_id=582

amber

[averymybaby]

Could you find a comparable Cascade yarn that works like the 220? Their cotton or blends?

[Faythe]

I think the cotton cashmere would be good - the cotton would give you great stitch definition.

I'm making a blanket out of her baby cashmerino and it's dreamy soft. I don't want to finish and give the baby her blankie!

[averymybaby]

ooooooh or DB merino aran, mmmm....

[lestouffer]

I like the Dale suepr wash, but its in dk or even fingering weight....

for heavier stuff, that Debbie Bliss cahsmerino is devine or the cotton cashmere.....

good luck....

[littleturtlemama]

the DB cashmerino really is lovely to touch, but I have to say that it doesn't hold up very well. It pills terribly if you touch it wrong, LOL!

[averymybaby]

giood to know about the cashmerino... i'll skip it for my next project (shawl collar cardigan) and go with the merino aran instead! the things you learn around here... :D

[botannie]

What about debbie bliss wool/cotton?

[averymybaby]

What about debbie bliss wool/cotton?

I'm making a dress out of that right now, and I think it would be kind of high maintenance for layette.. not the right feel either...?

[littleturtlemama]

how about mission falls 1824 cotton? I love that stuff. Might be too slubby though, for the stitch definition you want.

I still think the inca organic cotton is the way to go :thumb