my baby sophistocate

My dear friends, I am happy to share this little number with you. And I am proud to say it is 100% complete. Yes, I actually finished a project. And I must say that I love it!!

I have had this yarn up my sleeve for a while now -- with the intention of making this very sweater. I bit the bullet in January and finally embarked on my baby sophisticate journey and now I can't tell you how happy I am about it.

Isn't it adorable?? I especially love the old man collar. It's a like a little grampie sweater. A darling little grampie sweater. And the buttons -- just darling. I wish they were leather, but these will do just fine.

I had a brief moment of inspiration today which offered enough motivation for me to put the final touches on this. Under the armpits were a bit dodgy looking (some holes from where I picked up stitches), but a little bit of weaving in magic pulled them together nicely. And measuring where to put the buttons was a little stressful. I only had to re-do one. The second one I put on because it ended up being a little too far to the left. But that was only a minor mistake.

And now look at it! I can't wait to make more!!! I may even make the next one in a bit of a tweed. I think that would be darling. Maybe grey? I like things that can be put on either little baby boys or little baby girls. The more I can get out of these things the better!!

And this concludes my knitting updates as of late. I really need to slow down a little bit as knitting is a bit pricey -- I'm a bit of a yarn snob. Next month I have a smaller project lined up using yarn I already have lying around the house. I'm still very much excited for March's knitting project.

Have a good weekend!