Baby chicks in my house and a knitting project finished

It was down to 28 degrees overnight here so our week and a half old chicks were moved into my bathroom in a box for the night with a heat light pointed at them.  We got to listen to our kitten lurking around the closed door, poking her paws underneath it all night.

The chicks are just starting to get their wing and tail feathers in to replace their fluffy down and have doubled in size since we got them.

On another note, a while ago I ran across some free patterns from Tin Can Knits from their Simple Collection (which can be found here). They intend this collection to help those who want to learn a range beginner knitting techniques at the same time as have more to knit than just a scarf (although there is a scarf pattern in the collection).  Their patterns contain sizes from infant to adult.  I decided I wanted to make a cardigan for my new baby and decided to use a pattern that let me knit it seamlessly.  (I hate seaming my knitting as I'm not particularly good at it.)  Their cardigan pattern called Harvest was a perfect, unfussy and seamless pattern to use.  It didn’t take too much knitting time to complete and their instructions were easy to follow.  Plus, since I knit the 0-6 months size, it took less than a whole skein of Lion Brand Wool-Ease worsted weight yarn to make.  I used the rose heather colorway for this.

From past experience with knitting projects completed with this yarn, it machine washes and dries well with no shrinkage and gets softer with each wash.  It also fits my baby which is always a plus since I’m not always great with knitting things that are the size they are suppose to be when finished.  

I hope you are staying warm wherever you are.  Thanks for stopping by.