Finished: Sweetness
I'm so happy with this little garter-stitch cardigan! It took exactly two balls of Dale Baby Ull (colour #5711), which is a great machine-washable wool that I'd never used before. I'd hoped to have some left over for booties or a hat, but when I bought the yarn I wasn't thinking about the yardage-eating quality of garter stitch -- by the end, I was just relieved to have enough for the sweater. The pattern is from an old Patons pattern booklet, as you may recall. It's kind of thrilling to follow a pattern that includes only a black-and-white photo -- the result seems so vivid! 
According to the pattern, this sweater is meant to be tied closed: you are to thread a knitted cord through eyelets in the neckband. I decided to go with a less fussy single-button closure instead. I didn't think about this before I started, though, so I hadn't put a buttonhole into the right sweater front. What to do? Well, I was saved by blogs. Just a week or so ago, Ysolda posted a tutorial on sewn button loops. Perfect!
23 comments:
So very cute!
Wow! Very nice! Lucky baby!
So, so sweet! Love that button loop too. Well done!
That is just darling! Love the closure -- very clever indeed.
Very sweet little sweater.
i love this! especially the little sewn button loop - it's such a sweet little detail.
Very lovely. I think that sometimes the old baby patterns show a better understanding of how babies are shaped.
It's SO adorable! I really like how the button hole thing looks, too.
awww - few things better than a simple little baby jumper
That is such a sweetly simple sweater, I love it. Perfect solution on the closure. I think ties are a bit too fussy for babies and your sewn button loop looks very professional. Thanks for reminding me about Baby Ull... I've got a nephew coming in December and I'm starting to look for projects and yarns for gifts.
What a sweet sweater!
lovely sweater! I love the button closure.
I love this! So much so that I tracked down a copy of that booklet and ordered it. The yarn your chose really gives it an updated look, and I love the button loop closure.
It's just lovely. Perfect color, lovely pattern details, and the button loop is great.
Adorable! And I would never have guessed about the button not being part of the original plan.
It is so sweet! I love the simplicity :)
Well done, so sweet ! Kudos on the button loop closure, a more practical idea than the tied i-cord version . I love how you update vintage patterns .
Adorable! I saw that tutorial and thought it was a great idea. So neat that you could use it right away!
That looks great!! I like your choice of color.
Lovely and simple and sweet. Perfect!
I love that little sweater. the single button on the top is perfect. nice, nice job.
I have been meaning to tell you how lovely this project turned out. I especially like the old-fashionedy color.
So sweet. The button is perfect.
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