It’s finished!

Poor Baby Surprise Jacket has languished in the bottom of my knitting basket for a year now, only waiting for a seam. Just one seam! Fold and sew, that’s all it needed. And yet… there it lay. And in the end, I didn’t even seam the shoulders, I single crocheted the back and front together because that is how much I detest seaming garter stitch. But it’s done, and all it took was an attack of finishitis combined with a house guest coming in the next few days to get my act together. No, I’m not expecting the Knitting Police to stay for the weekend, but cleaning up the craft area (i.e. the space around my couch) got swept up into the general cleaning the apartment mania I have going on today and there you have it. A finished object.

I suppose it’s not entirely complete. A quick look through the button box revealed no appropriate buttons, and since this little garment clearly doesn’t have a recipient… oh well. Maybe the next time a baby is born in my general vicinity, I’ll go find some cute rainbow-y buttons and have a gift ready to go. Until that time, I’ll call it done.

I used some left over Noro Kureyon (the same stuff pictured in my header) and left over Cascade 220. Huzzah for stash busting! Even when it takes over a year. From what I recall, I enjoyed knitting this little jacket. The pattern was a little mind-bending at times, but there’s plenty of help to be found on Ravelry or blogs. Some of my picked up stitches were kind of gnarly (and I’m sure I don’t have to point them out), but I’m sure there are ways around that which I over looked. Other than that, I really can’t remember. But, look! Rainbows!

I should behave now and get off the computer and start studying. The ORLEA is three weeks away and I haven’t even looked the math study materials yet. Gulp.

Advertisement