This weekend was the baby shower where I was finally able to deliver this sweater and hat to the parents-to-be. I finished this project a month or so ago and it's be driving me crazy that I haven't been able to post about it. But I didn't want to spoil the surprise.
The sweater is Baby Kimono from the book Start to Knit: From Casting On to Binding Off by Gina Macris. It's actually a very easy pattern, as it is knitted in one piece. Here it is being blocked.
The edging is made by slipping the first stitch in the garter stitch edging. It took me awhile to figure out the point of this, but the effect is quite nice. Here it is blocking, as well as afterward with the ties sewed on. The ties are actually knitted... one row that you then bind off.
I made a matching hat to go with the sweater.
The hat is the Gooseberry Hat, a pattern I found on Ravelry. This was the first hat that I ever made. I was a little unsure when it came off the double pointed needles, but it came out just lovely. Especially after some massaging while blocking.
Baby Kimono:
Started April 6, 2008
Finished July 17, 2008
Gooseberry Hat:
Started July 17, 2008
Finished July 26, 2008
