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Baby Surprise Jacket
Baby Surprise Jacket by Elizabeth Zimmermann
Knitting
Jeff's 1st cousin, once removed
1-year old (5 stitches per inch)
Needle and yarn
US 7 - 4.5 mm
Berroco Vintage™
2 skeins = 434.0 yards (396.8m)
5101 (Mochi)
1104
Pink
Hill Country Weavers in Austin, Texas
November 19, 2011
Berroco Vintage™
1 skeins = 217.0 yards (198.4m)
51105 (Petunia)
1104
Purple
Hill Country Weavers in Austin, Texas
November 19, 2011
Berroco Vintage™
1 skeins = 217.0 yards (198.4m)
5167 (Dewberry)
1101
Red-purple
Hill Country Weavers in Austin, Texas
November 19, 2011
Notes

Turns out only one ball of the pink was necessary. But I’m going to add a collar, and there’s only a tiny amount left in the first ball.

I totally used Icheu’s color scheme from the jacket she made:

http://www.ravelry.com/projects/lcheu/baby-surprise-jacket

And here’s a video of how it folds up after knitting it:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/s-t-e-v-e-n/6372749347

I used these pictures posted by The Yarn Harlot as guidance for how to seam horizontal garter stitch to vertical garter stitch:

http://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/archives/2007/07/11/surprise.html

I used these instructions for adding a mitred collar. The instructions said to pick up 18 stitches across the back, but I only found 14. I think it still worked.

http://www.knitting-and.com/wiki/Baby_Surprise_Jacket#Big_Mitred_Collar

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Finished
November 19 2011
November 24 2011
About this pattern
Baby Surprise Jacket
by Elizabeth Zimmermann
from The Opinionated Knitter
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About this yarn
Vintage™
by Berroco
Worsted / 10 ply
50% Acrylic, 40% Wool, 10% Nylon
217 yards / 100 grams
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  • Project created: November 20, 2011
  • Finished: November 24, 2011
  • Updated: November 27, 2011