Baby Surprise Jacket
May 07, 2009
After a long interlude without buttons, the baby surprise jacket is done!
I finished it early in the week but the rain and dark clouds were a constant this week and this yarn is had to photograph without real light. After so many days of downpour, the garden is vibrant, though, so it was clearly for a good cause. Here’s the finished jacket with the blooming violets, forget-me-nots and periwinkle (not to mention the ever-present moss and a few ivy starts that I missed while weeding. You can also see a stand of mint in the upper-left. The mint was simply delighted with all of the rain this week and has been flourishing. We’ll have to do mojitos or something similar soon to subdue it a bit).
A less leafy view of the front, but hard to see the purple and green accents in the yarn:
And here’s the back:
I probably won’t use this yarn again – it feels wonderful and was so pleasant to knit with, but the color variation looked prettier in the ball than knit up, I think. Nonetheless, I’m pleased with the sweater and it’s so nice to finally have the buttons sewn on and be able to cross it off the list.
I finished it early in the week but the rain and dark clouds were a constant this week and this yarn is had to photograph without real light. After so many days of downpour, the garden is vibrant, though, so it was clearly for a good cause. Here’s the finished jacket with the blooming violets, forget-me-nots and periwinkle (not to mention the ever-present moss and a few ivy starts that I missed while weeding. You can also see a stand of mint in the upper-left. The mint was simply delighted with all of the rain this week and has been flourishing. We’ll have to do mojitos or something similar soon to subdue it a bit).
A less leafy view of the front, but hard to see the purple and green accents in the yarn:
And here’s the back:
I probably won’t use this yarn again – it feels wonderful and was so pleasant to knit with, but the color variation looked prettier in the ball than knit up, I think. Nonetheless, I’m pleased with the sweater and it’s so nice to finally have the buttons sewn on and be able to cross it off the list.
Labels: knitting for our baby
posted by susan at 9:51 PM
1 Comments:
Very cute! I've been thinking about knitting one of these, but garter stitch isn't my favorite thing. Since the boy will be born in fall, I'll have a need for sweaters unlike all my other babies, which were born in spring.
You look quite cute, BTW.
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Laura A, at 10:27 PM, May 27, 2009
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