In the last month, I’ve finished 3 black cardigans so get ready for some repetition. I also just noticed that they are all raglan cardigans too.
First up is a baby sweater for my sister’s best friend who is due in June. This is the third baby-skull-cardigan I’ve made but everyone seems to love them, plus they’re adorable and not something you’re likely to find in a store. I changed up the pattern a little bit.
I only had my cell phone around before I wrapped it up to give it to her, but I’m kind of amazed that the phone camera picked up the individual stitches. I wish I had put it next to something to scale to show you how adorable small it is. It’s sized 3-6 months.
Truthfully, I made this over the summer when I was bored and I didn’t even have a baby in mind when I was knitting it. And then I forgot about it and found it buried in my knitting corner. I just added the buttons & skull at the last minute.
This little sweater is the first time I improvised my own pattern, though it can hardly be called a “design” because it’s just based on a few math equations. And the skull motif is taken from the Biker Boy cardigan. This is the first time I did stranded colorwork (for the skull). Sorry but all of the tutorials out there for how to do colorwork suck. Some of the the pages with the title “How to” only gave tips & tricks, and it was hard finding an actual walk-through. And no one seemed to mention explicitly that you follow the chart on both the right and wrong side. Lastly, it was my first time trying to sew a patch on, which I did really badly and you can tell it’s pretty crooked. I’m sure there will be many more of these sweaters though, especially since I bought an entire bag of this machine-washable yarn for the express purpose of making baby clothes.

The bridge wasn’t that high, less than 5 feet from the surface of the water, which itself was only a couple of feet deep. This is a picture of the bridge after the rains & flooding:
View from farther away:
I tried to get her interested in touching things, like sticks, and ended up creating a Stick Monster – she wanted to collect every single stick on the path! Also, she has developed preference for Hello Kitty and necklaces. That is a Hello Kitty necklace she is wearing, one of many. She also loooves dancing (picked it up from Yo Gabba Gabba), likes Lady Gaga and will sometimes bust out with the “ra ra ah ah ah” (think Bad Romance). One cool chick.





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