Pattern: Crossover Jacket
Size 0-3 months
Source: Debbie Bliss Simply Baby Pattern Book
Yarn: Debbie Bliss Rialto Aran
Colours: Silver Grey (#09) and Denim (#205)
Needles: 5mm Aero Straights
Modifications: Contrast Sleeve Colour, Addition of Button Closures
Start: January 4 Finish: January 7, 2010
I finished knitting this little cardi a while ago when I heard our neighbours baby had been born prematurely. Recently he came home from hospital after a 2.5 month stay so I think now is a good time to take a little gift over. He is their third child in 6 years and as I watch them slog between car and front door with the older kids leaping around them and that hateful "bucket" style car seat banging their legs, I see their dedication and exhaustion.
Its my third time working this pattern - the last occasion I made the two shown above for a set of fraternal twins.
The pattern, knit in Aran Cashmerino is very quick and easy - the reason I chose it for the twins the first time around. There is no shaping except the sleeve increases. The neck opening requires no collar and has a straight bound off edge.
It is the remnant of the ball of blue from that first run at the pattern that I used to trim this most recent version. I also added a full sleeve in the contrast colour to give it an asymmetrical look. (And cut the cost of making the sweater by 30% while using up yarn in the stash - bonus!)
That got me rethinking the closure. On the first two sweaters I used the stipulated leather thong tie but I was knitting a larger size for larger, older, squirmier babies and thought the bow would be quick and easy. This time, for a very wee infant I decided to go with buttons to close off more of the front and so make it warmer. I already had a button hole at the top edge of the left front but using the contrast colour added two crochet "eyes" ( 6 single crochet loops starting through one stitch at the front edge and then finishing through its immediate neighbour and tied off.) to catch two additional buttons.
6 comments:
That sweater is SO cute! I can't wait to have a grandbaby to knit for.
I really like how that sweater came out. The different colored sleeves add a lot, and I think the fastening looks very practical - and pretty too.
so cute! I love the assymetrical sleeve - adds a lovely designer touch. I have no babies to knit for - we're at that weird stage - all teens and such, no weddings or kids on the horizon.
I'm sure they will be so touched that you made the effort to make a handknit for their baby.
It's so sweet.
It's cute! I like how each of their children will have the same sweater but each one is just a little different. The knitted buttons look cute, soft and baby safe. And, I like the contrasting colors on each one of them.
Aw, I love the different coloured sleeves. Looks like a pattern I should take a look at. 3 friends are expecting .... lots to knit ....
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