Cozy

My dear neighbor and I did a sweater knit-along for the kids.  Here's mine--nothing too fancy, just a warm gray sweater that the kiddo loves.  I love this pattern.  It's mindless and easy but is nicely proportioned for kids.  I've made a wee one out of cotton, but love the way it looks and feels in the Nature Spun.  It softened up so much after a nice warm bath and it was easy to block away the fact that one sleeve was a 1/2" longer than the other. 

Pattern:  Child's Placket Sweater from Last-Minute Knitted Gifts

Yarn: 2 skeins of Nature Spun worsted in Charcoal

Needles: size US7

Sweater for a Wee One

Sometimes events drive knitting.  I tried to get this done for my sister's baby shower last week, but it was missing a sleeve.  And a neck.  But I got it done and the baby isn't even here yet.  The pattern is the child's placket sweater from Joelle Hoverson's "Last Minute Knitted Gifts" and the yarn is Rowan Purelife Cotton.  I like the idea of cotton--soft, washable, etc.  But we all know it's not as much fun to knit.  It's so unforgiving compared to wool--shows every last little mistake--and even things that aren't mistakes, like decreases seem to jump out at you.

That said, I've been wanting to make this for a long time and have had many false starts, so it's nice to finally finish one.  It's knit in the round with the sleeves attached and then decreased for the yoke.  I did fewer rows in the collar to avoid the "turtleneck" effect that is unflattering on babies.

Peace Baby!

OK, so this had been languishing in the WIP pile for a while now. But I seamed it up today--rather badly, I might add. Whatever. It beats sitting in a pile waiting to be outgrown, right? I *know* I don't have the patience or talent to do the embroidery, and the kiddo is already loving wearing the sweater.  Also no button due to large noggin. 

Peace out.