Pattern: in threes: a baby cardigan by Kelly Heruxedrich
Yarn: Universal Yarn, Deluxe Worsted (picked by the Wee Girl herself)
Color: Cream Puff (it’s actually paler then it appears here)
Size: 2T/3T, it looks a little funky because she’s wearing a bulky dress underneath and the sweater hadn’t been blocked yet.
I was recently in what may well have been the biggest rut of my knitting career. Having just finished a large piece of something complicated, without a single incident or flaw, I decided to reward myself by working on a couple “quick” and “easy” projects, which I somehow managed to completely screw up. I think it was a case of trying to do too many things at once.
It was absolutely absurd. I was messing up things that I normally can do with my eyes closed, and sometimes do! I really couldn’t figure out who’s hands and brain I was working with for a while there, because they certainly didn’t seem like mine.
This little sweater was actually one of my flawed projects, but I went back and fixed it. Then (even more importantly) I actually finished it. Thus (hopefully) breaking the spell.
It’s a great spring sweater, but the yarn is a little on the scratchy side. I think I’d like to knit her one in cotton, so that she could wear it with short-sleeves too, but not for a good long while yet…
And this is us, heading back inside to get hats, mittens and more sweaters. The moral of the story? Never take the advice of an 8 year old being raised in New England as to what’s appropriate to wear outside. If I have to spend one more 44 degree day, hearing about how “hot” it is, I tell ya…
This is a darling little sweater for your darling little girl! This is a lovely color too.
Ah, I have so been there- in that knitting rut. I finished a pebble yoke for my baby son recently, and although I had knit this one before and it was relatively simple- I had to start it over 3 times.
Oh my goodness, my 10 year old and 7 year old are always telling me how “hot” it is lately- and it’s 45 degrees and I have on a wool sweater and hat. Perfect example of how children can’t really regulate their own sense of whether or not they’re warm enough!