If it looks vaguely familiar, that's because yes, I did just make another one of these. But it also means that you saw it on Ravelry, because I have been a bad, bad blogger.
Okay, here's my first:
These are both Baby Surprise Jackets, knit from Knitpicks Felici sock yarn. It's wonderfully soft and perfect for baby projects. The socks are cable rib socks, from the "Better than Booties" collection from Interweave knits.
The pink/blue/green (Coney Island colourway) jacket and bootees went to my cousin's new little one, Tristan, out in Edmonton. The blue/green/brown (Schooner colourway) is destined for an as-yet unknown baby, due in about three weeks.
These are really cute, fast projects, and I can see myself doing plenty more in the future. I do have to say that I did not have much luck following Elizabeth Zimmerman's pattern. The style of writing there just didn't click for me. It was the Baby Surprise Notes by Dawn Adcock that made it possible for me to knit - and enjoy knitting - these jackets. The notes don't give you the pattern - that, you still need to buy or borrow. But they give you the pattern instructions line by line, more like a modern pattern.
Which, yes, may be a bit of spoon feeding, but apparently, that's what I need, so I'm glad it's available.
I know! Two posts in two days! Crazy!
1 comment:
So pretty! I just started my first BSJ today. Dawn Adcock's notes are excellent. I would be lost without them.
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