Finished Object: Baby Outfit
You know, I’d worry more about posting this and ruining the surprise for my sister if I didn’t already know that she hates surprises. (We’re talking about a girl who always wanted to open her Christmas presents the night before.) So she can see it now and then have the fun of opening it when it gets to her in a few weeks! The whole outfit is knitted out of Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino, which is just really lovely to knit with. The jacket is Elizabeth Zimmerman’s Baby Surprise Jacket (the same one I knit for Rohan a few weeks back), with tri-colour Fibonacci stripes. The pants are from Patons’ Quick and Easy Baby Knits. (I used the 4ply pattern but went up to the 3-month size since my tension is always tight.) The hat is the “Umbilical Cord Hat” from Stitch and Bitch. Now I just need to put buttons on the jacket and run some elastic through the waist of the pants. I’d debated on doing booties as well (and even did a trial run of the “sandals” from the Baby Cashmerino book), but I’m almost out of wool. And if this kid takes after my sister at all, he’s gonna be barefoot until he goes to school anyway. 🙂
aim
November 6, 2006 — 1:59 pm
Very cute! Thanks sis! Hey, I’m glad you didn’t do the sandals…that could have brought the ensemble to a whole ‘nother “Bob Marley” level that I’m not sure you’d be going for! All I gotta say though is you better get that thing in the mail…it’s hard to tell without something to put it into perspective, but it looks like the jacket could be a little small. The pants and hat are probably fine. You have to remember, he probably *will* take after me, meaning he’s going to be a BIG FAT CHUNKER when he comes out! Hopefully we’ll know in the next couple of days……..
Kris
November 6, 2006 — 2:45 pm
I was worried about the jacket too, but it fit Tia’s baby just fine (and he was a big boy), so I think it’ll be okay. The pants are probably actually going to be a little big. I went up a size and plus they’ve got lots of room for a diaper anyway. I figured I could do more jackets easily enough as long as the pants last you for a while. 🙂