One Blizzard = One Baby Sweater

As most of you probably know, or witnessed, the East Coast was buried under snow this past weekend. Boston, fortunately, made out pretty well with only 15-18". Since we stayed inside most of the weekend, I dyed yarn and decided to start a new project. What did I knit?!



You'll never believe it, but I just randomly got the urge to knit a baby sweater (No secrets over here, I swear!). How cute is this?! Its the Child's Placket Neck Pullover from Last Minute Knitted Gifts. I used Koigu Kersti in color #416. Three skeins was plenty for the 6-12 month size since I had enough leftover to knit a matching hat with a seed stitch rim and a pompom. This was a great knit because it was quick (I started it Friday night and finished it on Sunday). The buttons found a new home today and now its just going to sit peacefully in my closet until someone has a baby.. anyone? anyone?!





I can definitely see myself knitting this pattern over and over again in the future. I have to give a big thanks to Alison for inspiring me to knit this pattern after seeing her cute sweater in person last week :). And the project specs:

Pattern: Child's Placket Neck Pullover from Last Minute Knitted Gifts
Yarn: Koigu Kersti in color #416
Measurements: Made to fit a 6 - 12 month old baby
Started: February 10, 2006
Finished: February 12, 2006
Other Details: I didn't change anything except the needle size in this pattern since it was my first baby sweater. I used a US6 instead of a US7 since that was what I had on hand. I tried really hard to knit a bit more loose and got gauge on the US6. I love the raglan sleeves and the seed stitch border. It needed a good block, but once it was dry, it looked fantastic!