12-01-2020

Cast on! Super cute looking pattern and my first colourwork project in ages. Using entirely inappropriate wool for a baby knit, but this stuff has been in my stash for ages and need to use it up!

16-01-2020

Sleeves are complete! The instructions on how to attach were a little confusing for me, I ended up looking at a few photos in other projects before I understood how to align the extra stitches.

Onto the raglan decreases! Substituting SSKi in, because I don’t love the twist in SSK.

17-01-2020

Starting the shaping for the neck now! Bit awkward wrangling the sleeves and body with the circular needles but quickly got the hang of it. Made a redecision not to continue the pattern too near the ragline decreases and lowkey regret it hmm. Going to make that the back haha.

20-01-2020

Knitting done! Weaving in countless ends, undid a bit of the last row of colourwork, if I did it again I’d be a lot more conservative about the dots placement.

Underarms and collar stitching left to goooooo.

21-01-2020

Completed the collar last night and weaved in all of the stitches.

I CAN’T GET IT OVER HER HEAD.

Ended up frogging all the way back to neckline shaping as I wasn’t the biggest fan, needed something super stretchy so just ended up doing a basic boat neck with 3 rows of ribbing and stretchy BO.

Overall modifications:

• Tubular cast on
• Sleeves knit TAAT
• No BO neckline shaping, continued with ragline decreases until neckline was 64 stitches then basic rib collar and stretchy BO to end

6-12 months fits this 5 month old perfectly haha. My tension as always is entirely too tight! I’d go up a needle size next time to compensate, lets see what it fits like after blocking, I’m hoping for some of the tension around the arms especially to ease.

22-01-2020

I couldn’t help myself, hated the boat neck, the stretchy BO I’m never happy with especially with ribbing and it was rolling down when it was on.

Frogged back again, 2 rows of ribbing with tubular cast off (VERY loosely), and infinitely happier with the results.

BLOCKING!