I’ve found my new favourite knitting project. They’re tiny, they’re cute, and because of the tiny, they’re fast. Baby sweaters.
I started this Sunday afternoon, at work. I knitted some more Monday night at game night at our friends’ house. Tuesday work, Wednesday work, and these pictures were taken Thursday morning. If it had been Thursday after work, there’d be half a sleeve too!
I bought this kit at Sock Summit over the summer, because I knew my friend Jilly was going to be having a baby (I can’t remember if I knew it would be a girl back then… I think I did…). The baby was born on Thanksgiving (Canadian Thanksgiving, this is not a time-travelling baby) so she’ll be 2 months at Christmas. I bought the 6-9 month size kit, instead of say, infant size, because I was worried about finishing before she was too big (HA!). And this is Canada, so a wool sweater will still be appropriate in April, when she’s 6 months. Realistically, I wear wool sweaters in every month of the year, so I’m not too worried about it being appropriate when it fits her.
I should finish the sleeve tonight at work. Luckily, this pattern is simple enough to knit in the dark. I even did the seed stitch in the dark, by Braille. I’ve found the best thing to do is weave in ends in the green room waiting for the show to start, then knit backstage once the show is on. It’s one of those shows where I have long stretches of nothing, interspersed with busy bits.
In paper crafting news, I bought a Cuttlebug today at Michaels with a 50% off coupon. Dark Side, here I come.
