For a Special Someone

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Remember when I told you that my sister-in-law was pregnant? Her little one is due in just under two weeks and I just started knitting this little dress for my most-likely niece. I say most-likely because baby seems to be a bit of a prude. Plenty of time to talk about baby later, for now I'll stick to the dress.

The only non-square things I've ever knit were those hats I made a couple weeks ago and they required no shaping at all. I just knit in a circle until the end and then decreased a little and pulled the string through to close the hole. This dress is much different. I have already been to the knitting store three times for assistance. I have learned three new stitches and I have had to pull out three entire rounds. I am hoping to have it done by the time the rug-rat arrives, but things aren't looking good. The dress is for a 3 month old anyway so there really is no rush, but my friend Milena's baby is due three weeks after Jenn's and I am making a blanket for him/her. Also, 35 degree weather is not conducive to holding yarn and squeezing your armpits shut.

Here is the progress I have made thus far.

This is the progress after knitting day 1... before I went to the yarn store and was told I had to pull it out because I did it wrong. Knitting with such fine yarn is a little more difficult than I expected. I have to watch what I am doing the whole time, which is a bit of a pain. The yarn feels wonderful though and thinking of my little niece dressed up in this dress makes it all worth it. 

This is after knitting day 3. Stitches corrected. Starting to look like what it's supposed to. Very exciting.

This is one of the mistakes I cannot get rid of. I missed one of the four little threads that make up the yarn. Woops. I don't know how to fix it... and it's on the outside.

I am excited to see how the dress turns out. I'm told this is an easy pattern. If it is easy than I may have to make a couple more. We'll see.