The aggressive gendering of baby clothes is irritating. I’m also irritated by a lot of the designs. For example, I don’t like the sleepers with the built in feet. I would rather have fold over feet and mittens. I’d like to keep costs at a minimum, so I’ve considered second hand. Hunting second hand markets for those specific items is difficult because the second hand market is flooded with the ugliest, trashiest crap you can imagine. A lot of it is also the same price of it being new, so what’s the point? I understand for newborn sizes the clothing is typically only worn for a month or less, but washing clothing does put it under some stress so it shouldn’t be sold at such high costs.

Ultimately I want clothing that offers easy access to the diaper for changing, doesn’t restrict movement or development, and is easy to keep clean. I’ve settled on this baby chemise pattern which I found from this video:

I bought cotton lawn from Dharma Trading and I’m currently awaiting its delivery. My plan is to use the largest pattern and add growth tucks or a thick hem to accomomdate the child’s growth.

So that’s daytime clothing sorted. For nighttime, I’ve decided on sleep sacks. There’s not many knitting patterns for sleep sacks, which I found pretty surprising. But, I’m pretty sure I can adjust basically any pattern to be a long sack shape.

Some of the sleep-sack-like posts I’ve seen are Zodiac which I think has its gauge too large and Lullaby Baby Bunting which is knit in pieces and then sewn together.

Currently I’m knitting Wee Lima with the intention of adding a long skirt to it. I’ll probably make 2 long sleeve and 2 sleeveless to accommodate temp fluctuations. Using merino for softness.