This sweater was an experiment of sorts - Gwenyth was asking for a sweater, we had recently seen this little one completed online, and I had some leftover yarn floating around in the stash. As we have heard before, Miss Gwen is a bit... particular... about her clothing. It has to be the right style, the right shape, the right pattern, the right yarn, the right level of itchiness... All things seemed to come together in this pairing of pattern and yarn, though (until today, when she refused to wear it because it isn't pink).
Particulars:
Pattern: Baby Sweater on Two Needles, The Knitter's Almanac, Elizabeth Zimmerman
Yarn: Estelle Silk, Green, 2 1/2 balls
Needles: 5mm Denise Interchangeables
Notes/Modifications: I used the numbers for the baby sweater almost exactly - because of the difference in gauge, when I did the math, it was so close I decided to just follow along as I was told. I knit the sleeves in the round, as I did on the last sweater I knit from this pattern. I majorly screwed up the length of the yoke, and should have divided the sleeve stitches off the body at least one full pattern repeat earlier than I did, but I wasn't interested in ripping it back to fix it. I suppose Gwenyth will have a green silk shrug that will last her for years to come! I ran out of yarn, as I knew I would (this is the beauty of this pattern - if you finish up your sleeves first, you can just keep going on the body until your yarn ends) and I had literally 3" of yarn hanging after I bound off - just enough to carefully weave in the ends and breathe a sigh of relief! It's more bolero length, but looks sweet over a sundress, and the silk makes a lovely fabric.
Can you believe this girl is almost the Big 5? We have a whirl of birthdays in the next few months, and I'm not ready for any of them. I keep asking the kids if they'll skip a year, and we can pick up with the birthdays next year, but so far I have no takers. I can't figure out why... I think I would be okay with skipping a birthday myself - as long as I still get to eat cake!
So. Sweet! I love it! tell her no more birthdays, she has maximized cuteness at 4 and must stay there ;)
Posted by: colleen | May 13, 2010 at 02:56 PM
aww, she's so sweet in her new sweater. It's great isn't it when our mods work out so easily? :)
Posted by: erin | May 13, 2010 at 08:24 PM
The sweater is perfect!
It should be illegal for a little girl to be that cute.
Posted by: Bridget | May 14, 2010 at 04:05 AM
She is just adorable! (as is the sweater of course!)
Posted by: pat | May 14, 2010 at 04:46 AM
That is very cute, as is your daughter!
Posted by: Lorette | May 15, 2010 at 05:47 AM
Oh how lovely - and at least it's big enough that she'll come round to the fact that isn't pink :)
Posted by: Sarah | May 16, 2010 at 04:19 AM
What a sweetie! And love the cardi - well done! I'm terrible at knitting sweaters etc. for my family (and me) -- they never seem to fit right ;-(. I've got one in the works at the moment and crossing fingers that it will fit my little granddaughter when it's done. Knit & learn I guess ;-).
Blessings,
G
Posted by: Georganna | May 16, 2010 at 08:50 AM
She looks pretty pleased with it! Such a cutie pie.
Posted by: Carrie K | May 21, 2010 at 03:06 PM
I love this sweater pattern. A friend made one for my daughter when she was born and I was so sad when she outgrew it. Maybe I should put this in my ravelry queue! You did a very nice job.
Posted by: julie k | May 30, 2010 at 09:21 AM