The real success of this knit is thanks to Carla, who helped pick the yarn color and also helped with button selection, and for me the sweater is cute but the duckies make something really fun and special.
However it is thanks to the Yarn Harlot that I know about this great little sweater, she knit it for a baby last fall and I just fell in love with the shape. And when the arrival of the Forest Baby was announced I figured it was a good a time as any to try out the pattern. It is a keeper, a quick knit and a great finished object that is totally gender neutral (depending on color and buttons) so it is a good one to keep in the file for friends future babies.
- Details -
Project Name: Forest Baby Blue Duckie Sweater
Pattern: Puerperium Cardigan by Kelly Brooker of knit.so.quaint
Recipient: Forest Baby
Yarn: SweetGeorgia Superwash DK in Tourmaline
Modifications:
- None - Except I opted for the short-sleeves because I am sick of knitting sleeves
New Skills:
- Attaching Buttons - The last thing I made with buttons my mom ended up putting them on for me, but these ones becasue of the style I found that yarn worked better than thread for attaching.
Feedback:
- Yarn - This stuff is AWESOME. The yarn base was nice enough but the yarn color has nearly send me into a tailspin of figuring what I can make out of it for ME! I took some of it to a Guild meeting and someone asked me what color I called it, and really it is impossible to determine whether it is green or blue. It is just totally made of awesome. I am looking forward to using more of SweetGeorgia's yarns in a balanced diet with Tanis and indigodragonfly.
- Pattern - Much like the Baby Vertabrae, (which is by the same designer) I found this pattern clear, however as it was free there was only 1 size. In future I may decide to upgrade to the paid version as I find the shape appealing and I know that the paid pattern will give me a huge range of sizes and yarn weights.
Re-Knit?: Quite possibly, this size used just over half a skein and left enough yarn to knit a baby hat and some mitties, which makes $20 for the DK and $5 for some buttons makes a pretty affordable knitted baby set as a gift.