Aldra’s Blocks

Our niece Aldra is already 7 months old. She spends parts of each day sitting in a chair. She’s reading at a 10 or 11 month level. She wears 100% Peruvian Highland hats. Needless to say, she has a refined palette and the discriminating tastes to match. When deciding on a gift for her, I knew I had to step up my game.

I made her a set of knitted blocks. She can nest them:

Stack them:

Or pose them side by side:

For each block, I knit a square for each each side plus the base. Then I sewed some plastic mesh to each square and seamed the four vertical sides into a long rectangle. I hand-sewed fabric lining to the sides and base, then joined them into boxes. Finishing these took a lot longer than you’d think, but was totally worth it:

Special thanks to Eric for doing everything around the house during my sewing/seaming crunch week. And special thanks to Jesse the color/fabric guidance, and for giving me the book containing this pattern.

Exciting Update! This post was republished over on Pinecone Junction!