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.
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