Sleep Sack for Baby

I threw together in the course of about five days, a sleep sack to give as a gift at a baby shower held on Sunday. I had originally planned to do some intarsia knitting and have a little duckie on the front, but since it was my first attempt at intarsia I opted to practice that separately and try it on the next sleep sack.

While there are many types of sleep sacks that you can purchase online, my knitted one was nothing more than a tube or sleeping bag for the baby. The sleep sack allows you to keep the baby warm and not use a blanket. This prevents the blanket from getting in your baby's face and preventing him from breathing, which apparently reduces the risk of SIDS.

The great thing about this pattern is that you use a three needle cast off which looked great and was super easy. All you do is (with right sides together) put the two needles of the project together and take a third needle and feed it through one stitch on each needle and then knit the stitch and cast off like you normally would. It's super easy and looks great.