Simple Knits for Cherished Babies

A knitted gift for a new baby is a time-honoured tradition.

Grandparents, in particular, are always keen to offer to knit for the new addition to the family.

Erika Knight, in this marvellous new take on a traditional craft, shows how to create baby knits that are both delightfully soft and luxurious, but also simple and modern in style.

Her designs, in pure yarns such as merino wool, silk and cashmere, are not only marvellously soft and gentle for a new baby's delicate skin they are absolutely modern in feel, while retaining as their core inspiration the best of baby's classic knits - bootees, bonnets, cot blankets and cardigans - but with a modern edge.

The stitches she uses are quick and simple to knit, but highly textural in feel.

Even a complete novice can master most of the patterns in the book, and the simplest will take only an evening or at most a weekend to knit.

In a carefully chosen colour range of art-shade pastels and neutrals that have a long-lasting appeal, these knits are the heirlooms of the future.

Any parent will want to knit them, own them and keep them for future siblings or as mementoes for the future.