NFO: Nearly Finished Object
My super wonderful husband braved the female dominated LYS and put together the most super wonderful Christmas present for me. We had a baby boy on October 24 and he picked out the yarn, pattern book, pattern, and needles for an adorable little baby sweater. It is my first sweater!
The pattern and yarn are from Sublime. Its the vintage car coat knit in the extrafine merino dk in the color pebble instead of the cashmere silk blend. Its washable and I guess the ladies at the LYS made the suggestion to substitute to my overwhelmed husband. He also bought me my first set of Addi Turbo!!!! circular needles in the suggested size US6 (4 mm). I ended up knitting it with my old US7 bamboo straights because I knit tightly and hit gauge right on the nose with them. (My first time knitting a proper gauge swatch too!) I did end up using the Addi's for the ribbing and somehow the lightness combined with the ultra smooth needles caused me to knit even tighter than usual, so it worked out well since the pattern recommends using needles two sizes smaller. It was a very easy project, as are the rest of the patterns in the book. I could see myself knitting most of them for quick easy baby shower gifts. Its a size 6-12 months since my baby is really growing like a weed. He was 8 pounds 7 ounces when he was born and 11 weeks later he is close to 15 pounds. mmmm... breastmilk :D
Did I cover everything? Let me know! On to the pictures:
Yay! He seems to like it! Oh yeah, its a NFO because it hasn't been blocked and is missing buttons. I'll get around to that little bit someday.
The pattern and yarn are from Sublime. Its the vintage car coat knit in the extrafine merino dk in the color pebble instead of the cashmere silk blend. Its washable and I guess the ladies at the LYS made the suggestion to substitute to my overwhelmed husband. He also bought me my first set of Addi Turbo!!!! circular needles in the suggested size US6 (4 mm). I ended up knitting it with my old US7 bamboo straights because I knit tightly and hit gauge right on the nose with them. (My first time knitting a proper gauge swatch too!) I did end up using the Addi's for the ribbing and somehow the lightness combined with the ultra smooth needles caused me to knit even tighter than usual, so it worked out well since the pattern recommends using needles two sizes smaller. It was a very easy project, as are the rest of the patterns in the book. I could see myself knitting most of them for quick easy baby shower gifts. Its a size 6-12 months since my baby is really growing like a weed. He was 8 pounds 7 ounces when he was born and 11 weeks later he is close to 15 pounds. mmmm... breastmilk :D
Did I cover everything? Let me know! On to the pictures:
Yay! He seems to like it! Oh yeah, its a NFO because it hasn't been blocked and is missing buttons. I'll get around to that little bit someday.