CA Colorful Babe
Finished
June 23, 2011
June 29, 2011

CA Colorful Babe

Project info
It's a Colorful Babe by Joyce Nordstrom
Knitting
SweaterCardigan
my great nephew in CA
9 months
Needles & yarn
US 4 - 3.5 mm
US 6 - 4.0 mm
Baby Bee Sweet Delight
Notes

A nice basic drop sleeve baby sweater.

My mods:

  1. I put the top stitches on holders instead of binding off and then when 2nd front done, did a 3nbo across back and front, then reg bind off along middle back sts, then a 3nbo across remaining back and front sts, all as one long process.

  2. I did the sleeves top down - picked up sts and worked my way down to cuff. I much prefer that to sewing on a sleeve! Did a crochet bind off with an E hook at cuff to keep it stretchy.

  3. No hood - just picked up sts around neck and did 4 garter ridges, binding off on WS of last row.

One comment on pattern - on RF, it says to end with a WS row before changing color, but if you do that, then you have the join and loose ends at the band. I ended with a RS row, so my color change was at the seam instead.

If I do this again with similar weight yarn, I would go down a needle size - I got 5.5 SPI, but it seems quite loose to me.

I used the following amounts of yarn (a good leftover stash buster!):
green - 27 gms
blue - 8 gms
yellow - 16 gms
orange - 19 gms
white - 3 gms.

Details -
SPI - 5.5
RPI - 7.25
Width - 10.5”
Height - 10”
Cuff to Cuff - 25”
Sleeve Length - 7.5”
Sleeve Depth (at underarm) - 4.5
Cuff Depth - 2.5”
Weight - 56 grams

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June 29, 2011
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by Baby Bee
DK
60% Acrylic, 40% Nylon
377 yards / 115 grams

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  • Project created: June 29, 2011
  • Updated: June 29, 2011