In today’s throwaway culture we are surrounded by mass-produced clothes, so creating a lovingly made hand knit for a baby is something really special. But if you are to spend the time on a project you want to know that it is going to useful as well as beautiful. The 28 patterns in What To Knit When You’re Expecting have all been designed to be worn, used and played with by your baby. So, as well as making astart on your baby’s wardrobe by knitting booties, mittens and jumpers, there are also practical items such as bibs and. Patterns are helpfully organised according to where you are in your pregnancy: those in the first trimester are slightly more difficult as there is still plenty of time to finish a longer project; those for the second trimester, when many women learn the sex of their baby, focus on clothes for girls and boys; and projects for the third trimester are quick and easy.