The yarn was fabulous to knit. It is smooth, soft and perfect for a baby IMO (washable in machine, Yay!). I want to make something for myself using this delicious yarn. I used Sirdar Snuggly Baby bamboo, shade 137 lilac. It is 80% bamboo, 20% wool, 8ply (DK/light worsted, 3 Light), so made a very quick knit for this newborn size wrap top.
I love the idea of the design, as it will grow a little with the baby, and think this is a very sweet little cardigan, but the pattern was cumbersome IMO. The pattern has you knit each piece seperately, including a front band trim, then sew everything together. I quite like hand sewing, but not on knitting for some reason, and although the knitting was super fast, this languished in my knitting bag for 6 whole weeks before I could force myself to stitch it all together. Only the actual arrival of the baby for whom it is intended spurred me on!
If I make it again I will knit the back and fronts in one piece, and crochet on a neck trim.
2 comments:
Sweet little sweater. I know what you mean about sewing knitted pieces together. I'm not fond of doing it either.
It looks soft and so cute. Is there an inner closure as well?
I can sympathise about sewing up your knitting. I have some left from my son's baby days that only needs sewing up and the boy is eleven!
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