A new baby sweater

Pattern: Trellis from Knitty

Yarn: Bernat Lana (discontinued), 1.5 skeins

Specs: 6 month size, a few minor modifications (changed cable directions to mirror left and right, made a plain rather than shawl collar). Buttons are these nice wrangly little numbers I picked up the other day. I like the stars at their centre.

I’m quite pleased with how this sweater turned out. I am hoping it is useful to its new owner, who is still too small for it yet. I think this is the first baby sweater I have ever made - I tried this pattern once before, but I didn’t finish it - and I got a kick out of how fast baby sweaters are to knit up, compared to full-grown human sweaters. I did all the knitting in a weekend.

The finishing took me a long time, because I wanted to do a good job and my finishing skills are not very advanced. I learned some good seaming techniques and took my time, and I’m pleased with the results. Patience is definitely a good tool - if you spend many hours knitting pieces of a garment, it’s worthwhile to invest several more hours in learning how to assemble the resulting pieces in a manner that is structurally sound and neat. I will not confess how long it has taken me to learn this.