Look, it's a pile of wool sweaters! Summer is over, fall is here...it's sweater time. Some of them are for wearing, of course. But some of them I have felted in hot water on purpose, to be used in craft projects. That striped one would make cute felted mittens. The light blue-gray ones are earmarked for pillow covers for the master bedroom. The green one is supersoft cashmere. I am thinking of covering a smaller pillow for Ronan's bed with that one.
Fall also means more knitting. I finished my first Baby Surprise Jacket (with modifications). This was really a fun pattern. For those who don't knit, this pattern is unusual in that it is knit all in one piece. There are only two seams on the shoulders to sew up, as opposed to most sweater patterns that are knit flat. They usually have seams on the sides and under the arms. After knitting it, it looked like this:
It looks nothing like a sweater. So then you fold it...
...and now it's a sweater! I didn't make any stripes in this one (as is done in the original pattern). It looked a little unfinished, so I added a hood and crocheted the edges to make it look more finished. Also, the sleeves seemed way too short in relation to the body, so I picked up stitches around the wrists and added some ribbed cuffs. (These pictures are a bit more accurate, colourwise - the yarn is an aran weight called Anniversary Twist, by Briggs & Little. It's indigo blue twisted with navy.)
This pattern is a lot like potato chips: it just makes you want more. I'm already making another one in a slightly smaller size, with softer yarn, for a certain little one who will be coming into the world this December.
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