Bitty D

I totally forgot that I had this picture... remember the BBBB? Here's the itty bitty owner all snuggled up! I think he had just come home from the hospital in this one. I was with him the other day and he's much bigger and rolypolyish now... so cute. I'll have to post a movie of him soon. Being an aunt is absolutely fabulous! In other project news, the EZ February sweater is complete as of this morning, all ends are weaved, its just lacking six perfect buttons (I still haven't located these...) It is definitely more narrow than intended, but I picked up fewer stitches for the sleeves also, so its just a tiny sweater. I'm just praying that someone will have a little girl around October, that would be about perfect. But I did really enjoy the pattern once i got the hang of it, and I'm confident that the next try will be much quicker and without so many little "goof ups." So here's to Elizabeth Zimmerman... cool lady!

EZ sweater continued...

So I've made some good progress on the EZ feb. sweater that I started many weeks ago. After literally pulling the thing out four times, I finally finished the body and I'm working on the sleeves.  I definitely have made my fair share of mistakes, some of which are fairly obvious, but after the previously unsuccessful attempts, I was determined to create some sort of final product regardless of the condition.  I don't think that the recipient will notice the difference, and it is a tiny baby sweater after all... surely to see its share of drool and other spills, so I'm not so worried about it being perfect.  I do think that my next version will be much easier and closer to the original measurements (I ended up with too few stitches on the body making a pretty narrow little sweater), but it was a great learning experience and very challenging which made it pretty fun.  I highly recommend reading some blogs about this pattern before beginning.  If I had done this beforehand, I would have had a much more pleasant experience.  Pictures of the finished product to come! amb