February Baby Sweater, Part 1

I recently acquired Elizabeth Zimmerman's Knitter's Almanac for the sole purpose of obtaining the 'Baby Sweater on Two Needles' pattern. Aside from the fact that I love EZ for her non-conformist ways, my knit library is woefully lacking in the EZ department. (KA brings my EZ total to 2.)

Upon receipt of the Almanac, I immediately dropped all other knitting (Sorry, Knitting Gods, But I am using stash...) to cast on the baby sweater. I started with worsted weight wool and US8 needles, not realizing that "Shetland" is a much finer yarn. A quick stash diving expedition produced a lovely sock yarn dyed from Zen Yarn Garden that I received as part of the No Sheep for You Swap last summer from my lovely partner Chrissy Gardiner. The yarn is called 'Peachy Mint' and is a lovely melange of white, mint green and deep peach, perfect for a baby sweater.

Thus far, I have finish the main body of the sweater and only have to knit the sleeves and search for buttons. The intended recipient has claimed ultimate button choice, which should result in an interesting shopping excursion.

Baby Sweater #47

I have completed baby sweater #47 (for a co-worker). It is another variation of my favorite baby sweater pattern (Child's Placket-Neck Pullover from Last-Minute Knitted Gifts), in my favorite variation (baseball tee). I think I have finally perfected the variation and can now do it with my eyes closed. And I have done this just in time because the next wave of babies that are coming my way are girls and are going to be girly girls. (Sigh.) Back to the baby sweater drawing board...

Atonement, Part 2

The FO parade continues:


Basic Baby Hat
Inspired by Grumperina
I was fascinated by Grumperina's post about helix stripes in the round and wanted to add a hat to the Blue Baby Sweater. It was amazing to watch the spirals form.

See?


I have also completed 1/5 of my Christmas Knitting. Everyone is getting the same thing this year.


FiberTrends Felted Clogs

(They haven't been felted yet. I may wait until they are gifted and turn Christmas into a felting party. Yes?)

I hope this effort appeases the knitting gods. Mostly because I want to knit this.

Atonement, Part 1

In order to atone for my recent bad knitter behavior, I have taken the following steps:

Finished:

Blue Baby Sweater
Pattern: Child's Placket Neck Pullover from Last-Minute Knitted Gifts
Recipient: Work Friend # 37
Yarn: Plymouth Encore Worsted in Wedgewood
This is the seventh baby sweater I have knit in the last 6 months. And I have at least two more on deck. One for a baby that was born a few weeks ago and one for a baby that is still in the oven.


Oatmeal Knucks

from Knitty, Summer 2006
for: Older Sister

I ran out of yarn to finish part of the second hand and cuff, so I frogged the first cuff, used that yarn to finish the other hand and dug through my stash to find pretty colors to knit both cuffs. They are done in 2x2 ribbing and thanks to a great post by TECHKnitter, there are no pesky blips of color in the purl ridges, making them look even better.

There are more FO's the share, but I will save those for another day. Tomorrow, probably.