With my baby boy due in December, I decided it was (finally) time to start some baby knitting. My husband kept bugging me - "When are you going to make something for the baby?" - as I worked on my Zora sweater, so once the knitting on that was mostly done, I went for a sweater. I had a few sweaters in my queue already, but ended up finding a striped sweater in the book 60 Quick Baby Knits (
rav link) that I figured would work nicely and, more importantly, quickly. I ordered two skeins each of Gulfstream and Pebble (disc.) in
KnitPicks Swish Worsted. I've never worked with it before, but decided I didn't want to mess around with handwashing things.
I'm really happy with how quickly the sweater worked up, although there are a few little things I'd do differently. I didn't want the bottom to roll up, so I purled a RS row to make a hem. The sweater still wants to fold up, so there must be a better method there. I didn't really know what I was doing, so I'm sure there is something I'm missing there. Also, the bottom corners where I picked up stitches for the button band look a little wonky. I like how the knitted on buttons bands LOOK, but while knitting, I much prefer one that is just a continuation of each row, using intarsia if multiple colors are used.
I started this on Thursday and finished on Sunday, so all in all, a super fast knit. It still needs buttons, so I'll run to JoAnn's today and decide on the color and shape. Right now, I'm thinking bright yellow, but I don't know about dressing my kid in blue and yellow. . .(Go Green!). Hopefully something will catch my eye!
Now I need to get back to work on my Zora - the back, front, and sleeves are all knit, but not seamed together yet. Once that's done, I need to do a 4 inch 2x2 rib all along the front and neck. This could take awhile. . .I will probably end up starting another baby project somewhere in there.
