Cutie patootie
EEEEEEE! Baby sweater!
Baby knits are so. fun. and so. cute! It must be their teeny tinyness. Yes, that's an industry term. At least, it should be.
I knit this for a friend of mine, because her one-year-old daughter is seriously, ovary-tugging adorable. I just had to knit her something. Had to. You know what I mean, right? Of course you do.
The great thing about this pattern? The instructions are a paragraph long. Short and sweet, gotta love that!
The sucky thing about this pattern? The instructions are a paragraph long. No schematics or measurements, and fairly ambiguous in places. Sorta textbook EZ - she liked to make you think!
Since I wanted to size this up for 12-18 months, some modding was in order (yes, even to a pattern one paragraph long). Here's my rundown:
I even got my craft on and made a hanger tag to go with it.
That brief scrapbooking phase I went through many years ago finally came in handy! ;)
Wrap it up
Love! Lovelovelovelovelovelovelove! There will definitely be more of these in the future. It's super fun to knit and soooooo damn cute. Even Hubster gushed a little. According to her mom, Miss Cutie Patootie loves it, too! And the crinkly tissue paper it came in.
February Toddler Sweater
Pattern: Knitter's Almanac by Elizabeth Zimmerman
Yarn: Cotton Ease, 1.75 skeins in Cherry Red (I think, there were some partial skeins used here and there, so don't quote me on this)
Needle: Holz & Stein Rosewood in size 7, 31
Mods: Sized up for 12-18 months, longer yoke, sleeves in the round, knit bind-off
Baby knits are so. fun. and so. cute! It must be their teeny tinyness. Yes, that's an industry term. At least, it should be.
I knit this for a friend of mine, because her one-year-old daughter is seriously, ovary-tugging adorable. I just had to knit her something. Had to. You know what I mean, right? Of course you do.
The great thing about this pattern? The instructions are a paragraph long. Short and sweet, gotta love that!
The sucky thing about this pattern? The instructions are a paragraph long. No schematics or measurements, and fairly ambiguous in places. Sorta textbook EZ - she liked to make you think!
Since I wanted to size this up for 12-18 months, some modding was in order (yes, even to a pattern one paragraph long). Here's my rundown:
- Cast on 71 stitches. Note: Row 1 and all odd rows are WS rows.
- Knit 2 rounds of increases. Note: I swatched a few different types of increases and went with the backwards loop cast-on for this. It was the least noticeable, IMO.
- Knit yoke for 26 rows total, with buttonholes on Rows 4, 14, and 24. Note: LOVE this mod! I think the sweater is much cuter with a longer yoke.
- Cast on 7 at each underarm, put sleeves on waste yarn, then finished the body.
- Knit sleeves in the round to about 3/4-length. This wasn't for style purposes, I just ran out of yarn. :P
- Bound-off in knit instead of purl. Gave it a more finished look.
I even got my craft on and made a hanger tag to go with it.
That brief scrapbooking phase I went through many years ago finally came in handy! ;)
Wrap it up
Love! Lovelovelovelovelovelovelove! There will definitely be more of these in the future. It's super fun to knit and soooooo damn cute. Even Hubster gushed a little. According to her mom, Miss Cutie Patootie loves it, too! And the crinkly tissue paper it came in.
February Toddler Sweater
Pattern: Knitter's Almanac by Elizabeth Zimmerman
Yarn: Cotton Ease, 1.75 skeins in Cherry Red (I think, there were some partial skeins used here and there, so don't quote me on this)
Needle: Holz & Stein Rosewood in size 7, 31
Mods: Sized up for 12-18 months, longer yoke, sleeves in the round, knit bind-off
posted by weezalana at 5:57 PM
16 Comments:
It's beautiful! Just like the return of sweater weather here will be.
Love the buttons -- they're such a perfect fit! You know, for as many times as I've knit this sweater, and as many as I've seen knit, I never get tired of it. So cute!
SO cute! Great mods. Love the little buttons you chose to go with it.
It's gorgeous!! I love that you chose red, and the care/gift tag is such a nice detail. Great mods!
- Julie
Great mods, and I love that color!
Teeny tiny cuteness indeed! Thanks for sharing your mods; I'm printing this out for future reference. Or maybe you could post the toddler pattern on Ravelry?
What's with the red baby sweaters in blogland today? Yours is super cute too :0)
aww, so cute! love the bold red.
Very cute! Great red too. My grandma knit me a sweater when I was little that had the same buttons.
squee!!!!
Soo cute!! Ahem..I haz some of this color too (not that you need it now anyways.) ;)
That is adorable - and what a great color for a toddler sweater!
It's so cute! Squeee. Yup, I just squeed. I agree with you-the longer yoke is cuter. Great job!
Goodness! Too darn cute!! Love it!
That is so cute. Love the bright red color, the buttons, even that round tag you attached to it. It's a fabulous gift.
So cute! What a great use of scrapbooking paper. Scrapbooking wasn't for me, but I still have oodles of fancy papers left.
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