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february 8, 2006
E is for Emma
The placket neck sweater from LMKG all finished and wrapped up for a long trip to its new home.
I used some scrap Manos Cotton Stria for the embroidered initial and found a button in the very same pink for that single buttonhole that I added. The embroidered initial was a great suggestion that knitbuddy, Shannon, made when I was looking for a way to girl-up the sweater. And once she mentioned it, I remembered the template for initials given in this child's sweater pattern in Hollywood Knits Style. (And now I'm remembering how super cute that Suss pattern is - I just may have to make it for the next baby on my list!) I really enjoyed knitting this little sweater. I think it only really took me two nights to knit it and one more evening to weave in ends and do the embroidery. It's a sweet design, doesn't require much yarn, and looks so adorable on tiny babies. And, finally, with that corrected pattern, it's all I'd hoped a Last Minute Knitted Gifts pattern would be! posted by alison at 9:46 am | in
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the babies are coming, the babies are coming
Comments
looks so great and you are right about the monogram "girling it up" - i will definitely remember that for my next zwillingchen project. lovely! Posted by: jennifer at February 8, 2006 9:57 AMVery cute! Posted by: Chris at February 8, 2006 10:07 AMOh, how sweet! Posted by: Jess at February 8, 2006 10:40 AMThat is the cutest thing ever! Posted by: Scout at February 8, 2006 10:44 AMSo cute! And definitely girly. I love the E :) Posted by: Vicki at February 8, 2006 11:00 AMWhat a darling sweater! The initial adds that touch to kick it up from plain to extraordinary! Posted by: Shara at February 8, 2006 12:50 PMIt is absolutely adorable.....!!!!!! Posted by: christine at February 8, 2006 1:40 PMGreat sweater Alison! And the embroidery definitely girled it up:O) Posted by: amanda at February 8, 2006 3:04 PMCute! Posted by: Wendy at February 8, 2006 4:37 PMGreat sweater - yours looks much better than the one in the book. Maybe I'll give it a go the next time I have a baby gift to do. BTW, I tagged you for a knitting meme. Hope you don't mind! Posted by: Stephanie at February 8, 2006 6:00 PMCute! I just finished one of these, too. I have a sick kiddo right now, so I hadn't been keeping up on my blog reading and - whoa! - You knit a whole sweater since my last visit! I love the embroidery. Very Lavern and Shirley cool. Posted by: nikki the blogless at February 8, 2006 6:28 PMOooh, that E totally makes the sweater. Posted by: Rose at February 8, 2006 7:55 PMtwo night!!! you should have entered it to the Winter Olympics, i'm sure you'd get the gold...it would have taken my a month. Posted by: Orli at February 9, 2006 8:32 AMI thought your little sweater was so cute that I went out last evening and found wool on sale to knit one! I chose a blue--is it difficult to add a button hole? Posted by: Stacie at February 9, 2006 9:02 AMHow adorable/beautiful! My sister just had a baby last week(and named her Emma!). I want to make her a sweater but considering I didn't even get her blanket done on time(still workin' on it), I don't know if I should. Posted by: liz in CT at February 9, 2006 4:32 PMoh my gosh!! that is just the sweetest sweater EVER!!! i love, love, love it! Posted by: emily at February 9, 2006 7:07 PMOoh, so cute! I've been hemming and hawing over what to make for a baby gift for a friend and maybe I'll just make that one, since it's so adorable. Posted by: Rebecca at February 10, 2006 7:20 AMEmma loves the sweater and looks just sweet in it!!! Best
I had the same problem with the eyelets for the toddler size of the hat. So I just called Purl Soho, and the woman I spoke to said that it isn't a mistake, you are supposed to thread both ends through one hold in this version. So I did it. All the same, I think it will look much better if I do Allison's fix on the next two I plan to make. Posted by: Vegan Knitter at February 14, 2006 5:19 PMI had the same problem with the eyelets for the toddler size of the hat. So I just called Purl Soho, and the woman I spoke to said that it isn't a mistake, you are supposed to thread both ends through one hold in this version. So I did it. All the same, I think it will look much better if I do Allison's fix on the next two I plan to make. p.s. The sweater is SOOOO cute with the initial! Posted by: Vegan Knitter at February 14, 2006 5:20 PMOMG that is totally adorable. Love the "E". Great job. Posted by: Stacey at February 15, 2006 4:36 PM |
