A is for Andrew

The sweater for baby Andrew is finished, and it turned out quite cutely, I think. This was my first foray into knitting with cotton (not a big fan) and into knitting a baby sweater that is not top-down raglan. It was necessary to make a sweater in pieces because of the stripes and the intarsia, and certainly the seams were short so not irritating to do -- but I do appreciate more now the seamless feel of the other sweaters I have knit for babies -- and can imagine that a baby would appreciate it even more, since there is quite a bit of cotton bulk under the arms of this sweater. I found some green buttons in my button stash that were exactly the right color for the neck opening (just barely visible in the above photo).


Sweater with Square Set-in Sleeves from Debbie Bliss Baby Knits for Beginners, significantly adapted by me
Classic Elite Sundance yarn in baby blue (3 balls) and celery (1 ball)
Size 5 Addi turbo needles

Baby Andrew's sweater

My friends Barbara and Christopher just had a baby, and I'm taking a break from the seemingly endless Arwen to make little Andrew a sweater that advertises his name with sass. I'm using Classic Elite Sundance, which seems like a nice cotton yarn in beautiful colors. Here's the little dude:


This is the same kid for whom I knit the sheep sweater, but that's sized for about a 1-year old, and this is a little baby sweater he can wear right now. I'm going for a first-time visit this weekend!