Thank you so much for sharing the pictures, Allaya. Lammy is a beautiful child! And the sweater fits her wonderfully! The colors are "her." What pattern did you use for the sweater, or did you make it up? Either way, it was a success!
Janise
Hello everybody! I'm in one of those busy modes again, so I'll be
> popping in and out but probably not posting much, unfortunately. :( >
> At any rate, since I got a lot of cleaning done and the babies and
> husband are asleep, I thought I'd take this time to work on my afghan,
> eat some yummy chocolate chip cookies, watch 'Elizabeth I' on TV, and
> post these pictures of Lammy's sweater.
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> This has not yet been blocked, and the ends haven't really been taken
> care of to the fullest...chalk that up to laziness (I hate sewing and
> weaving...sorry, just my peeves). :) But Otherwise, I think it looks
> pretty cool. The pictures don't really do it justice because the
> colors are much more vibrant and rich.
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> About the sweater: This was made with 4 balls of Noro Kureon, double
> stranded. The reason I did this instead of using one strand was
> because a) I didn't want to spend a lot of time knitting it and b)
> because the two strands together make a really cool color effect.
> Three strands together looks pretty awesome too, but I'd end up with a
> very heavy end product, and Lammy is only 22 pounds...so, we went for
> the light version. LOL Those buttons are ladybugs! Lammy picked them
> out herself, so of course, we had to put them on. As you can see,
> she's pretty excited to be in front of a camera. Yes, there are better
> pictures of just the sweater, but you can't pass up this cuteness (my
> personal bias, of course).
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> Construction is a simple drop sleeve with minimal collar shaping. >
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