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I've almost started to think of this buttercup baby jacket as Little Dorrit, since about 75% of it was knit and/or crocheted while I was watching Little Dorrit. Most of the early knitting was done while watching the 1988 version with Derek Jacobi on DVD and the latter pieces were done while watching the latest BBC version on PBS Masterpiece Classic. With its bright color and fun style though, it may truly be more of an anti-little Dorrit. It certainly was the perfect antidote to the dark and difficult themes in the story. After knitting through over twelve hours of Dickens, I completed the final piece of the jacket while watching the final episode last night. All that's left now is the seaming and the big crocheted fan edging all around the bottom and the cuffs.

I have high hopes that wee one might like this one. She caught me putting it away after taking the above picture and yelled "try on! try on!" And so we did.

Only one sleeve in and the second front piece not even attached, but she's smiling.

posted by alison at 12:28 pm | in buttercup baby

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I'd say Wee One's expressions says she likes it. She looks great in orange as does my granddaughter Baby M - it's also one of her favorite colors. If you ask her, she says green but her eyes light up when she sees orange or pink. So I think she's not so sure about the names of colors yet. I just remembered I have some lovely orange sherbet colored Manos Stria that I bought specifically to knit a top for her. I'll have to dig it out after I finish the super quick, super easy top I'm making now in pink Cotton Fleece.

Posted by: Donna at April 27, 2009 1:22 PM

I thought it was awfully long, but I did enjoy Little Dorrit. There was a version with Alec Guinness on TV a couple of weeks ago--it was not quite as comforting and pleasant as the one that just finished on PBS.

Posted by: Jennifer at April 27, 2009 2:15 PM

Yes, Jennifer, that one with Alec Guinness as Mr Dorrit was the same one that I saw on DVD (with Jacobi as Arthur Clennam). Definitely not as pleasant as the recent one, not that I'd really call this latest one pleasant either. But both were very good. Though I must say I think I'm done with Little Dorrit for a while now.

Posted by: ALISON at April 27, 2009 2:40 PM

Now I know why my book club wants to read it. I read it a few years ago with the complete works and look forward to capturing some of the craze that his story caused in Victorian England. Imagine how much better Little Dorrit's life would have been if her Mommy had knit her an orange sweater.

Posted by: Angie at April 27, 2009 3:57 PM

I sure hope my girl is into knitted items as much as Wee One. My son complains that knits are too scratchy, no matter what type of yarn I use.

Posted by: Minneapolismama at April 27, 2009 4:38 PM

I love the blending of knitting and crochet. Looks like the wee one loves it too.

Posted by: Henya Kazatchkov at April 27, 2009 5:29 PM

It looks like she likes it!

Posted by: silverarrowknits at April 28, 2009 1:33 AM

I've been noticing an orange theme with your wee one lately. Is it intentional (from you or her)? Or just coincidence?

Posted by: Jayme at April 28, 2009 7:53 AM

This is why I need a little one to knit for (or need to knit more for my friends' kids), because they tend to be more effusive about what they like and don't like that most of the adults I know. It's just so much fun to make something that generates some squee!

Posted by: Seanna Lea at April 28, 2009 9:09 AM

Might have to enlarge my favorites list to include Bay as well as Varitek and Lowell. Maybe Ellsbury, too, although it turns out he might be a modelizer.

Posted by: Mary K. in Rockport at April 28, 2009 1:00 PM

Just a heads-up in case you didn't see the previews for next week's Masterpiece - Derek Jacobi in The Old Curiosity Shop. woo!

Posted by: heather t at April 28, 2009 1:50 PM

I love your new name for the jacket!

Posted by: Vicki at April 28, 2009 6:36 PM

What a great picture! I love Wee One's smile from looking at the orange sweater. :-)

Posted by: Jaime at April 29, 2009 3:24 AM

Such a fun sweater!

And you probably hear this all the time, but -- she looks so much like her brothers!

Posted by: Pam at May 2, 2009 5:13 PM