I haven’t posted any knitting reports in a couple of months, I guess. I was busy making a sweater for a baby present. The mother and grandmother have been known to look at this blog, and I didn’t want to spill the beans. By now (actually by ten days ago) the baby has been born, the sweater has been presented, and no beans remain to be spilled. So here’s the story.
Around the end of January I happened on six skeins of a nice variegated DK weight yarn in the closeout section at Creative Warehouse in Needham. They were Karisma Ulltweed from Garnstudio, four hanks burgandy and two hanks beige. I got them, thinking maybe I’d make a sweater for one of Millie’s grandkids. Arlene reminded me about this baby, so I changed plans slightly.
Since the yarn was from Garnstudio, I went to their web site to look for a pattern and found this one. Unfortunately it called for four hanks of each of the two colors, and there were no more of the beige left. I got two hanks of a white yarn “Color Me” from New Zealand, and got to work.
I don’t seem to have a lot of pictures, but here’s one. It’s my first try at steeks and, though I promised myself I could handle them, I was a little apprehensive.
The steeks seem (or is that seam?) to have worked.
Oh! I haven’t seen it in a while. I almost forgot it was that nice!
This is a size 3/4. Since Katherine and her father are both pretty tall, we expect that baby Salima will grow into it in more like two or two and a half years, but it will be a while anyway.
Beautiful !