placket neck sweater
Here’s one off my list of baby sweaters to make. I gave this to my friend Kari, Saturday at her baby shower.
detail
The pattern is from Last Minute Knitted Gifts, but if you plan to knit it, please check the website for corrections. Basically the whole pattern is wrong. It was totally silly of me not to check the corrections first, I knew that the book has lots of mistakes. So I pretty much knit this sweater twice.
The yarn is Rowan Cash Cotton, oh my is it soft! (35% cotton, 25% polyamide, 18% angora, 13% viscose, 9% cashmere) and most importantly machine washable. I made the 2nd biggest size, so it’s about 12 months.
I’m working on my knit list, wow is it long! I’ve still got 3 baby sweaters to go (although two are in various stages of completion.) The rest of my list can be found here. There needs to be more knitting time in the day.
Category: knitting 4 comments »
March 6th, 2006 at 12:27 pm
That sweater looks amazing! I think it looks better in your pictures than it does in the book itself. And I love the buttons! So lovely.
Alas, my knitlist is as long as my time is short, but I think I will have to get some of this yarn to use in some of my planned projects.
By the way, I did find a bulky-weight raglan sleeve baby sweater on sweaterbabe.com. I haven’t read through the pattern yet to tell you how good it is, but I’ll let you know if it isn’t as good as I’m expecting that it will be.
March 7th, 2006 at 9:32 am
I just came across your blog, and I’ve HAD to add you to my list. Your Toilet Fishing list is too much. Hilarious.
-Pip
March 7th, 2006 at 1:10 pm
Isn’t the sweater just precious? And we have a perfect little pair of khakis to go with it… =) Depending on how big little man is when he gets here.
Thanks Ali- YOU ROCK =)
March 9th, 2006 at 2:31 pm
That is just gorgeous! You knit so well, I’m incredibly envious of your talent. One day I aspire to knit as well as you do. :D