Bib and bootie set

my friend, who i'm making the brown and green blanket for, well, her baby shower is this Sunday! there's not way i'm gonna have that blanket done in time! so i decided to put together a few small things instead. i really don't have the money right now to but her stuff, on account of being laid off and all!

i still had those yellow inside out booties from before. i'm gonna make a pair on no-scratch mitts to go with it. so i had some cantaloupe colored fleece yarn i got from a friend. i made another pair of booties from that. i decided to try my hand at making a bib, too. i couldn't find any loom patters, so i decided to wing it. but one of the things i discovered in my bib pattern search was that bibs need to be made our of cotton (to absorb moisture) or super washed wool (to repel moisture). i had some wool yarn, but it was the thick, super bulky kind. i doubt she would want a heavy wool bib for her summer baby. but, coincidentally, i had just bought some recycled cotton yard from a woman on Etsy and it just happened to be the same cantaloupe color as the fleece yarn!!!! talk about providence!

this was my first time working with cotton. it was a learning process, let me tell you! i used my fine gauge mini wonderloom. i tried the flat knit stitch. no way. it was way too tight. so then i tried to purl. that was a bit tight too, but it worked. but i ended up flipping the bib over and making the front the knit side. it has a garter stitch boarder. it looks kinda sloppy, but what are you gonna do? here are a few pics of it one the loom.




i sort of made the top up as i went along. of course i didn't take notes, so the sides aren't perfectly symmetrical, but i like it. one one side, i tried to make the ties sorta curve back inwards, but i just ended up making a mess of stitches. not something i think my friend will notice too much, but i see it! oh well. all in all, for my first try, i'm very satisfied.

i might try to squeeze in another hat or two to round it off. we'll see.

here are a couple of pics of the bib and bootie set. i tried different filters on my camera phone to capture the true color.