The wee Aran jacket for Baby L is finished. It's knitted, seamed, and the inevitable cat hair picked out with a tweezer for better aesthetics - and in case the kid is allergic. It was washed (now dry), and the buttons sewn on. Clickety-Clack Ewe just needs to make a suitable gift tag. The new, expensive all-in-one printer, that memory hog with all the bells and whistles, doesn't like good card stock, and it's picky about regular paper, too. Arrrggggghhhh!
The pattern is from the Debbie Bliss book pictured. The pattern was not knit before having to revise it (full dilemma here). Can you imagine the jacket even wider than it is? I reduced the circumference of the sweater by more than 2-1/2 inches. Nevertheless, I'm pretty sure the kid is going to swim in it.
Ah well, so be it. Better too big than too small, don't you agree? It will probably fit him perfectly next August.... maybe his parents will consider an Alaska cruise or a trip to the Yukon next summer.
3 comments:
Beautiful baby sweater! I hope the mother of the recipient appreciates the work you put into it!
It is better for a baby sweater to be too big then too small. Or so I hear. :-)
It's absolutely lovely. Drop-dead gorgeous! That baby will look like a hundred dollars in it.
Oh, how cute is that?!?!? I love the shawl collar, the color, cute little buttons! Beautiful!
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