I'm sharing another finished knitting project with you today. Can you believe it? I'm getting quite a bit of knitting time in lately. You know what that means, right? I'm not scrapbooking at all. Seems I can't find a happy medium, but for now, I'll either just knit, or just scrap. My cousin is having her first baby in February. Or maybe it'll be January? I want to knit her a sweater, but she's one of those people who won't find out if they'll be welcoming a little girl or a little boy into their family until the birth. Geez louise. Can you imagine? ;-) I don't want to knit a green or yellow sweater. I was thinking of using some Dream in Color yarn, but I only have a purple colorway. If you have any color ideas, share 'em with me. I also wasn't sure which size needles I should use or which gauge or yarn! So, I did a test knit. With some stash yarn bought way back when I first started knitting and didn't know what "nice" yarn was. This yarn wasn't too bad, but it didn't take me long to remember why I don't much knit with acrylic. Someone at our church had a baby girl a couple of weeks ago, so I'll gift this sweater to her on Wednesday night.
Specs:
Yarn is Paton Astra Pretty in Pink Ombre
Size 5 needles
Sweater size 6-12 months
One thing I loved the most about this pattern is, there are no seams to sew up when you're finished. Well, I suppose if I followed the pattern to a "t" I would have had to sew up the arm seams, but I knitted them in the round. That's a huge plus for me because I much prefer the knitting process to the finishing process. It about killed me to sew the buttons on. I chose plain jane buttons. I just don't do cutesy buttons. The fact that our button selection here in Columbus leaves something to be desired might have something to do with it. I loved knitting this sweater so much, that I'm considering knitting an adult size for my mother for Christmas!
For a gender neutral color, tan or cream are good colors...and pale blue looks beautiful on little boys or girls. if your friend likes strong colors, red is a gender neutral color and dark brown is very popular in baby clothes right now. You could knit a cardigan in a neutral color and then add buttons to it later...and maybe a crochet trim, to add in pink or blue if you want.
ReplyDeleteYour little pink creation is gorgeous. :-)
That is so cute!! I do like the idea of a neutral color cardigan. I never liked the greenish sweater someone knit me for Grace.
ReplyDeleteDream in Color would be great in almost any of their colors. I would say KnitPicks Swish DK, but the colors aren't as nice. Check out Webs, they have some generic yarn under the Valley name that is nice.
You know they have a pattern for the adult size, right? It's the February Lady Sweater. There are a lot of really pretty finished projects on Ravelry for it.
You must be feeling better!
Another vote for cream--it can always be accessorized w/ buttons or a ribbon.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful sweater!
Hope you're feeling better!!!