FO Report: UFO #6, Second sweater for aforementioned baby
Designer: Tara Jon Manning
Pattern Source: Infant Gift Set, in The Gift Knitter
Yarn: Bernat Cotton Tots
Needle Size: 8
Gauge: 4.5
Date Completed: Feb 2006
Recipient: Baby Volz
This was the second attempt at making a sweater to go with that drasted aforementioned CU Buffs outfit. This sweater, though larger than the one above, is still too small ... so it'll go instead to a couple of friends with an unknown-sex baby coming in the spring.
Tara's pattern is so cute and easy -- you knit the front and backs, join at the shoulders with a 3-needle BO, then PU stitches for the sleeves. What does this mean? Less finishing at the end! I love it. Because the Cotton Tots substituted so well for Mission Falls 1824 cotton, I'll be making more of these in the future for friends ... can't you see it in the pale blue or pale pink Cotton Tots?
As an aside, Tara is an illustrious member of our local Guild, and besides pseudo-attempting to turn in our Master Knitting Programs for TKGA, one of our favorite past times is to dig through the boxes of sweaters that Tara gets back from the publisher after the photo shoots, but before the books are published. As such, we saw all of the sweaters in the Gift Knitter last year, and I remembered this one in particular as one to make for a future project. In the gift set, Tara has a little burp cloth to match the sweater ... such a cute idea, and way easier than making a baby blanket! I highly recommend getting your hands on this book if you haven't yet, as there's a lot of great baby patterns here.
Moving along ...
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FO Report: UFO #7, pink and yellow sweater
Designer: Yarn Girls
Pattern Source: "To Bobble or Not" from YG Guide to Kid Knits
Yarn: Cotton Tots
Needle Size: 9
Gauge: 4 sts
Date Completed: Feb 2006
Recipient: Baby Elise
You can see that why this is one of my favorite kid pattern books ... and once again, the "To Bobble or Not to Bobble." I think that this is just such a cute pattern! I'm a little less enamored of the color choices I made here, but, hey -- they work. One FO more down!
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FO Report: UFO #8, Froggy sweater
Designer: Yarn Girls
Pattern Source: "Mary Mary" from YG Guide to Kid Knits
Yarn: Cotton Tots
Needle Size: 8
Gauge: 4.5 sts
Date Completed: Feb 2006
Recipient: Baby Dylan
This officially marks this pattern as my favorite in the book. I have a good friend from grad school who is having a little boy, and she decorated her nursery in a froggy theme ... (Stacey, I hope you're not reading this!) ... so I of course had to make a sweater to go with. How perfect are those pajamas with this sweater?? I just need to make a hat and bottees, and I can send these off.
I discovered something with my crochet edging here ... if I work with the WS facing, then the crocheted edging ends up a lot cuter, I think. Is that how you're supposed to do crochet? I don't even know. I worked two rows instead of just one because I forgot to do the button holes on the first round ... and I'm more pleased with two rounds. I might do this in the future as well.
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(How wrong is it that I found three more baby sweaters in my stash that I still need to finish??)
