A sweet knit for a sweet soon-to-be

Posted on | July 29, 2008 | 7 Comments

Before I am accosted by all my nearest and dearest, it’s not for me!! Sorry folks, I know you would have enjoyed a good ‘ol “Told you so!” at my expense, but it’s not to be. My stance on reproduction is just that, my stance, and it certainly doesn’t stifle any enjoyment in watching my friends rise to the challenge and meeting the fresh new little people they bring into the world.

I had lunch with a dear expectant friend last week and couldn’t resist showing her this baby present in progress! I hope it didn’t take away from the future presentation when it’s complete and blocked and wrapped all pretty-like; I couldn’t help myself – I love gifts that I’m so excited about I can hardly wait to present them! I picked these colors (bet you can’t guess which!) especially with my friend and her soon-to-be little baby girl in mind and have been so excited to see her reaction. I told you colors come in chunks around here, whether or not I consciously plan it that way.

Purple & Green – of course!

Though you can’t tell much from the picture – I was focused on capturing the color (still not quite true) and not the WIP itself – this is the Drops striped baby cardi, aka “b14-27″, available free here. I love this cardigan – I’m enjoying watching it grow from side to side rather than up and down as I’m accustomed to, and the way that the short row stripes shape the body and yoke. I also love all the terrific creative color and striping combos that other knitters have done.  It was a toss-up as to whether I would knit this or EZ’s famous February baby sweater (Ravelry links), but this one won out by a hair. I wanted to strike just the right balance between sweet and functional – with parents like hers, I think this is going to be one well-rounded little girl and I couldn’t see her in a too-pink color or too-precious style (not that there is anything wrong with either of those things, my pink-loving friends! This combination just seemed better suited for this particular baby).

The knitting is moving much more slowly than I had hoped, mostly due to the color changes. I decided that as much as I loved this design, I wasn’t sure I could handle weaving in all those ends and had to find another alternative. Enter the back join! Cool trick. My only regret is that it does interrupt the enjoyable flow of garter stitch – but when I circle around to the other side and have only two ends to weave in, I sense that it will have been very worthwhile. For some strange reason I actually enjoy seaming, but weaving in ends gives me fits. The sweater is about 50% complete with just over two weeks til D-Day, provided of course that she’s an obedient child – so give or take a little! In other words, I’d better get moving if it’s going to have a chance of fitting her.

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