http://ruthlessknitting.ruthlessediting.com/finished-object-baby-surprise-jacket New posts at http://ruthlessknitting.com Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:37:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 http://ruthlessknitting.ruthlessediting.com/finished-object-baby-surprise-jacket#comment-1586 bloggie Mon, 26 May 2008 19:02:36 +0000 http://ruthlessknitting.ruthlessediting.com/finished-object-baby-surprise-jacket#comment-1586 Beautiful jacket -- I really like the colors together. And the little cotton dress is too cute, with the boldness, which could be overpowering, somehow not overpowering because of the way the rows alternate throughout. So, is the little cotton dress being made up and designed as you knit both ends at once? -- Both projects are just yummy and inspiring! Beautiful jacket — I really like the colors together. And the little cotton dress is too cute, with the boldness, which could be overpowering, somehow not overpowering because of the way the rows alternate throughout. So, is the little cotton dress being made up and designed as you knit both ends at once? — Both projects are just yummy and inspiring!

]]> http://ruthlessknitting.ruthlessediting.com/finished-object-baby-surprise-jacket#comment-1582 gayle Thu, 22 May 2008 14:18:13 +0000 http://ruthlessknitting.ruthlessediting.com/finished-object-baby-surprise-jacket#comment-1582 I knit a Baby Surprise Jacket years ago. I had no particular target in mind - I was just intrigued with the construction. Like you, I had no idea what weight yarn was being referred to, but I just used some lightweight yarn I happened to have (without checking for gauge. Oh, the horror!) The jacket turned out very very very tiny, which didn't become apparent until it was time to sew it up - that intriguing construction made it hard to wrap my mind around what size it was going to end up as. Just about that time, a woman I knew had her baby prematurely - a teeny tiny little fellow. At the time, I didn't really know her well enough to have knitted a baby sweater for her, but the tiny red sweater and the tiny baby just seemed like a natural. She was genuinely touched by the knitting, and thrilled that her little guy had one garment that actually FIT him! She and I have now been friends for many years (her "little guy" is now all-grown-up), and that serendipitous BSJ was the start of it all. Love yours, by the way. Now I'm thinking I should make another one after all these years - in a heavier weight yarn, of course... I knit a Baby Surprise Jacket years ago. I had no particular target in mind - I was just intrigued with the construction. Like you, I had no idea what weight yarn was being referred to, but I just used some lightweight yarn I happened to have (without checking for gauge. Oh, the horror!)
The jacket turned out very very very tiny, which didn’t become apparent until it was time to sew it up - that intriguing construction made it hard to wrap my mind around what size it was going to end up as.
Just about that time, a woman I knew had her baby prematurely - a teeny tiny little fellow. At the time, I didn’t really know her well enough to have knitted a baby sweater for her, but the tiny red sweater and the tiny baby just seemed like a natural.
She was genuinely touched by the knitting, and thrilled that her little guy had one garment that actually FIT him! She and I have now been friends for many years (her “little guy” is now all-grown-up), and that serendipitous BSJ was the start of it all.
Love yours, by the way. Now I’m thinking I should make another one after all these years - in a heavier weight yarn, of course…

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