Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Pattern: Baby Sweater on 2 Needles, Elizabeth Zimmermann's Knitter's Almanac
Yarn: Knitpicks Swish DK in Hollyberry, 2 full balls and a tiny bit of a third
Needles: Susan Bates US 6
Buttons: 3 for .97 at Hancock Fabrics
Start to Finish: I ran out of yarn in the middle and had to wait for more, but it probably took me a week to knit this, all told.


I love this pattern! I was definitely singing a different tune as I was trying to decipher the pithy directions, but after my third attempt at knitting this thing, I finally got it right. This was my first EZ project, and while none of her other designs have really grabbed me like this did, I'm certainly open to knitting more of her stuff, and I'll definitely be knitting this sweater again.

My only modification was in changing the placement of the buttons. I thought the sweater would look cuter with them all at the top like that (and, if I'm being honest, I didn't want to have to keep track of buttonhole placement the whole time).

In any event, I'm quite pleased with the finished product, and with myself. We may all die of cute when the baby for whom this is intended, grows large enough to wear it.