Tank and Baby Banana

I have 3 things currently on the needles. One is a sweater for my little nephew Tank. He is a little ball of energy and I don't know how my nifi handles running after him all day. I have already knit this sweater and thankfully had the sense to forgo the surprise aspect of the gift and have him try it on. The neck was perfect, the length was perfect, the sleeve length was perfect BUT it was too snug. He isn't a big guy, the nickname Tank doesn't come from that at all. He is just like a tank in the way he just puts his head down and rolls over everything in his sight. He is constantly bumping into things because he just isn't looking! Anyhoo, I want him to be able to wear this for at least a little bit in the fall, after all we do live in New England. So I frogged the whole thing and started over this time making everything a little bigger overall. I hope my guesstimation this time was right. Maybe it is because I am not a mom that I have no idea how to sightly guess kids clothes?

The bootees are for my friend Banana's baby due to arrive at the end of June I think? I loved the pattern and will be making a matching hat out of the Rowan yarn and adding little rosettes. The other pink hat is just some leftover yarn from awhile back (I lost the ball band -- I'll have to look for it online) that is SO SOFT. It is exactly what I think of when I think of knitted baby hats. Since Banana is one of my friends that took the knitting class with me and since she knits, she will appreciate this gift.

Which begs the question: when you give a knitted gift to someone who doesn't knit, do you think they appreciate it as much as someone who knits?