The Big Day

Well Saturday was the Big Day we've been working towards for several weeks now. It was very exciting getting prepared and setting up the table with all of our lovely items in one place. Julia and I missed Kate on the day, but hopefully she'll be able to join us for the next one. Besides, she was busy celebrating her daughter's 5th birthday - a major milestone!

Julia and I had a wonderful time at Craft 2.0 and met so many lovely people. The feedback was fabulous, with many wonderful compliments coming our way. We've had great support from all our friends and family leading up to this, so a huge thank you to everyone :)

Julia's wonderful swifts, dishcloths and Ali's stitchmarkers

The view from the ground floor looking up

The view as people came up the stairs

Despite the very warm weather, we managed to make some good sales, and are very happy overall with our first ever Craft 2.0! Craft 2.0 is such a wonderful craft market to be involved in and we are in awe of the amazing organisational skills involved in managing such a large and popular event.

Milo Mitts

I have recently added Milo Mitts by Sheryl Greenfield to my repertoire of custom knits. These are really cute little fingerless mittens that are available in sizes 1, 2 and 4 - although they are very stretchy, so each size can be worn for  a long time (my eight year old could fit the size 4 pink ones I knitted for a customer the other day!).  The pink ones have been knit with an owl cable, but other cables can be substituted as well, to match the cable on any Milo vest (both Kate and Julia are able to knit Milo vests).

Contact Ali to order these very cute wee mitts. For a limited time I am offering these at $15 per pair, including postage.

Items currently for sale

I have two items available:

A shortsleeved Seamless Kimono Sweater knitted in WOOLganics organic merino wool. This is beautifully soft, ideal for babies. This is a 3 - 6 month size and is ideal for the autumn and winter months, worn with a long sleeved top underneath. $30 plus postage of $3.50.  SOLD

I also have a size 2 Kaia Babydoll swing top knitted in Bendigo Woollen Mills cotton. This was my first ever knit of this adorable pattern and I cast on a little loosely and the neckline rolls a bit more than I'd like. I'm offering this at a sale price of $20 plus postage of $3.50.  SOLD

If you are interested in either of these items, or would like me to knit either style in the colour and yarn of your choice, please contact me at aligknits@gmail.com, or check out my blog.

Seamless Kimono Sweater

I am happy to announce a new addition to my custom order items - the Seamless Kimono Sweater by designer Jacki Kelly. This gorgeous little sweater can be knitted in either short or long sleeves, and is ideal for boys or girls. It's lovely design is both stylish and practical as it is easy to pop over baby's head, yet retains it's shape. It can be knitted with or without the eyelet row and if the eyelet row is included it can have either a knitted i-cord (as pictured) or a ribbon. I can add embellishments such as wee flowers, or kept plain and simple.

This one has been knitted using WOOLganics organic merino yarn, which is luxuriously soft, but can be knitted in any 8 ply yarn of your choosing. Sizes for this adorable sweater range from nb - 3 months to 6 years.  Please contact Ali for further information.

Hand knits available for sale

Kate has some hand knit items available for avaiulable for purchase.


~~ Milo Vest ~~ by Kate
Size: 3 months

In 100% wool from The Wool Company in Gelato colourway.
Features giant cable pattern.
$20 plus postage
Email Kate at chevgirlknitting@gmail.com if you would like it.


~~ Looking Glass Longies ~~ by Kate 

Size Medium (fits my 15 month old) 

In 100% wool Tekapo “Storm” colourway with The Wool Company Navy in contrast bands.
$45 plus postage
Click on this link to see more photo’s of the longies being modelled by Kate's daughter Makayla.
Email Kate at chevgirlknitting@gmail.com if you would like them.

~~ Vanilla Soaker ~~


Size medium
Price - $26 plus postage

In 100% wool from The Wool Company in colourways Donkey and Ballet.

Designed to go over cloth nappies as a water proof layer. Soaker will need to be lanolised to be effective as a water proof layer. To lanolise the soaker simply dissolve a tsp of lanolin in hot water and add to luke warm tub of water and soak item for a wee while.

Shown here on my 16 month old - at the very limit for use with this size!

Worn over an Itti Bitti cloth nappy which is very trim. 

Please contact Kate for this item at chevgirlknitting@gmail.com or any of us if you would like one made for your child.

Welcome To Coco Kids!

Welcome to our new venture together! We look forward to meeting your custom handknitting needs!

We have known each other for what feels like much longer than about a year and a half, and decided to join together in a custom handknit business when we noticed we were each asking the same questions about gaining cottage licenses. We could've easily become 'competition' to each other, but working together we are able to offer a wide and varied range of items, as well as having support and sounding boards to help us get started.
  
Introducing Coco Kids - Ali, Julia and Kate

 

Now we've done all the hard work in getting started and launched - now comes the fun part! The knitting! We're all knitting and yarn addicts, part of the reason why we all get on so well.

So, browse the blog, see what takes your fancy and feel free to visit our individual blogs to get a better idea of who we are and what we can do for you!