This:
Was going to be this:
But I totally effed up, twice, and spent two days ripping. I finally figured out that I had started the garment twice using the wrong row for the right side, and those cables would never pop out. Damn it all to hell and back.
I know many people are accomplished froggers. They don’t mind pulling and rewinding and starting over. I MIND! I ain’t doing this again. It’s Mission Falls 1824 cotton, and I never knew how fab that stuff is. I’m making a ChicKami someday out of it, not that damn baby sweater.
This is more like it:
Easy, quick, cute enough, just needs some buttons and I’ll be done. I know it’s not half as impressive, but the baby’s gonna throw up all over it, so it’ll be fine. Yow!
almost my weekend almost my weekend almost my weekend almost my weekend almost my weekend almost my weekend almost my weekend almost my weekend almost my weekend……
Only ten hours off last night, and that makes it hard to get enough time to sleep, let alone write…. I hate it when I slip into using ellipses…. all the time…..
Enough. Enjoy your day!
Sorry about the cabled baby sweater. That sucks. The new one is cute, though. I finished my wave and shell shawl last night and wound the alpaca into balls to start the next one. Or maybe I’ll make a triangular shawl this time . . I’ll see. I’ll send pictures later, after I get a chance to take some. Have a nice week end, mine was lovely. Still great weather.
OOHHHH…I like ellipses…all the time…everyday! I like your baby sweater
no baby needs a sweater so detailed beacause:
1)They ARE gonna barf all over it
2)They ARE gonna grow out of it in a wink
3)They might choke on a bobble (hey I am a pedi nurse)
4)A sweater is just another article of clothing to them, the sooner they
can get it off, the happier they are.
5)They can’t yet appreciate whether the cables are popping out or not.
Anyway, I could really go on and on….but I won’t. The new sweater is cute
and does the job. I’m sure when the parents are cleaning the barf and poop
off of it they will most appreciate that they are not having to dig that
crap out of bobbles and cables!
….Nina
I love the backup sweater.
With the first one, I’d worry that the baby might mistake a bobble for a booble.
I’m quite rehearsed and well-versed in frogging. Here are some pointers:
1) Frog at the end of the night.
2) Put project away, out of sight.
3) Go to bed.
4) Wake up.
5) Go about the business of living and knitting for 10 years.
6) When you return to the project at that time, I promise you’ll hardly remember the negative association. In fact, you’ll note a remarkable sense of calm and a renewed attitude.
elliptical slips….happens to the best of us doll…
if YOU were a baby would YOU want to lie down on bobbles?
OF COURSE NOT. The backup sweater is PERFECT so do a bobble free chickami and ROCK!
Oh, my students got SO EXCITED when they learned that “dot dot dot” has a NAME.
I’m so with you on the cable/bobble baby sweater. Your replacement is so much more practical and it’s a safe bet you WON’T be throwing up over your Mission Falls ChicKami.
Save the cable/bobble thing for when the kid’s, like, 3 years old and the parents want something for dressy.
I used to think FROG was an acronym for *uc*ing Rip Out the Goddam knitting. Makes me swear like a sailor. But it’s a necessary evil. A total metaphor for writing isn’t it?
i like the back up better! adorable.
I agree with everyone: the backup baby sweater is totally sweet and perfect. I think simple is best for babies. Heck, make yourself a bobbled, cabled ChicKami with the Mission Falls! (Dude, ellipses rock…)
What you need is a close friend to frog for you. I hate to rip out things I’ve knitted, so I hand them over to Rachel and she does it for me. I don’t mind re-knitting, it’s the pulling out and re-winding that’s a pain.
Absolutely agree with everything everyone said about knitting fancy baby sweaters. When my kids were small, I knitted quite a few fairly fancy sweaters for them — fair isle, cabling, the works. I concluded that those small sizes take nearly as much time as an adult’s sweater, what with shaping, button bands, etc. It just ain’t worth it. (Ok, OK, it IS an excuse to knit more for me. 😉
Just wanted to say thanks for posting about Italy. I’ve been there 3 times now, and still feel like I’ve only seen half of what I wanted to. Reading your memoirs just makes me miss it.
I’m with everyone else — I think it’s ridiculous to spend so much time on a baby sweater. In about 3 months they out grow them. BTW: where’d ya get the pattern for the “back-up”? I need to make a gift for my friend who is expecting and that looks like it might be right at my skill level. I think the “back-up” is adorable!
My two associated picture taking as a reason to become a spewing fountain. Have you ever seen a newborn or small baby wearing a toddler sized bib over their tiny little designer outfit to keep it pristine until the last moment? So much for enjoying the baby actually wearing some devine creation. I learned long ago the more expensive, time-consuming or less washable a baby item was the mostly likely it was to be barfed on. I also learned my babies were happiest in their Gerber onesies and had absolutely no sense of style as every darling hat, beautiful headband and sticky bow became a frisbee or a chew toy.
By all means…put a few bobbles on your Chickami if it’ll make ya feel better!
I too am interested in the pattern to the backup sweater. It is just the thing I am looking for to make as a Christmas gift for a little darling.
Sorry to hear that Sam didn’t go well. The yarn is lovely and I’m sure you’ll find something good for it. Oddly I have that project in the stash and I can’t wait for someone to have a baby so I can make it (I didn’t get enough time to do it for my wee one). I don’t agree that one shouldn’t make elaborate baby sweaters–they look so sweet in them. That doesn’t mean you have to make one–you gotta knit what you want or it’s no fun.
Ditto with Mopsie… I have a baby gift to make for a friend, and need a simple sweater pattern that doesn’t suck.
So sorry for the bobble/cable mishap. Baby wouldn’t appreciate all the effort anyways. I adore Mission Falls Cotton and their Wool. Thick, plush, beautiful yarns they are. Make yerself something Chic-y and revel in it’s beauty!