15 items and the current plan is that we can only knit 7 of them? I'm sorry, but seriously? This is a knitting pack and clothing is one of the most popular things people knit. We should be able to knit all of the CAS items that won (which I personally feel there should have been more of, but meh). This current plan means we can only ever knit 2 things for kids, both being for girls (unless the hat is intend for male children, but still that's only 1). That is ridiculously limited. Yes, it's only a stuff pack, but really? For a pack based on knitting, I think we should be able to knit nearly everything being added in this pack (CAS and objects).
I do hope the team will reconsider this. This just sounds way too limiting for a knitting pack to be only to knit some of the available items. Maybe if it was just one special piece that was always available in CAS it would be fine, but 7/15 is nearly half.
And I personally do think knitted items should be locked until knitted by a sim. Otherwise, what is the point of the skill at all if you can just make a sim with whatever outfit whenever you want? Just like we have items locked behind specific careers, I think it only makes sense that knitted clothing has to be unlocked in CAS. Heck, you need to befriend Patchy just to get his outfit, so why would you not be required to physically knit knitted clothes in order to get them?