Knitting results in action

Other than things that I make for me, which seem to be quite rare these days, I don't often get to see things that I made being worn. Well, last week I went to have lunch with my friend Antonia. Her second child is due any time now (Thursday is her due date) so we're all waiting for the phone call from her husband...

I arrived at her house to find Blake, her 21 month old son, wearing the cotton sweater that I made for him ages ago. I thought that I would make it a bit big so that he would 'grow into it'. Well I gave it to her 5 months ago and poor Blake is still doing his bestest to grow into it. I think that I was a little ambitious on the sizing. You can just catch a glimpse of the sweater on the picture below. It's a the 'Striped sweater' from the Debbie Bliss 'Quick Baby Knits' book.

I cast on Ice a few months ago, it's a design from Rowan 27 in All Seasons Cotton. I left it sitting around a while - it's dark grey and didn't really feel right for knitting when I was in the US and the weather was so warm and summery. Here in the UK though, it is cold and wet, so I have picked it up and here is the second sleeve.

I can't wait to try it on. It is perfect television knitting as it is all stocking stitch with a minimal amount of decreases. Now, I like doing slightly more complicated knitting some of the time like most peoplel, but sometimes there is nothing better than something that knits up fast and that you know you are going to love from the second that you cast it on. (Although I am worrying about the length of the sleeves). I spent most of the weekend with it, watching the West Wing. My idea of a perfect weekend.

Posted by Amelia at October 25, 2004 07:09 PM | TrackBack