British (Pattern) Invasion

Now that I now that we're having a boy (Leo James, perhaps?), I decided to stop by the Knit Nook and peruse the baby books for good patterns. Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino 2 has a ton of beautiful patterns for both boys and girls. I think my next knit is going to be this cute little number:

I'm thinking dark brown for the main color, with a red diamond and cream whatever the little duplicate stitch X is called. Actually, it's totally decided. I am going to use the extra red and cream to make some sort of cute hat -- maybe the Candy Cane hat from Itty Bitty Hats. Yes, I am going to have an adorable baby boy!

I also love this pattern from the Baby Cashmerino 2 book:

It will probably be my second baby sweater . . . maybe in the blue. As a cable-addict, I really can't say no.

Of course, Debbie Bliss is not the only brilliant British yarn queen . . . Louisa Harding is definitely working toward beating out Debbie Bliss as my favorite British yarn company (Rowan is in the running, too). I am in love with the Kashmir Aran, which I'm using for my shrug. Today I realized that Louisa Harding actually has pattern books (who woulda thought), one of which, Swallowtails, has this nifty lil' pattern:

It's knit out of Cinnabar, a new Louisa Harding yarn for Spring and Summer of '07. Unfortunately, I have no idea which colorway I want to use because they're all beautiful. This is the best picture I could find of all of the colorways:


So, as soon as I'm finished with the Retro Redux Shrug, that's next on the list.

Must go knit so I can start some of these new projects!!