2007 Christmas Sweater

Most Christmases Woman makes a baby sweater for a friend. It used to be for the Peoples' god-daughter Elena, but since they left her in Mobile, she doesn't get sweaters any more. Now, Baby Sarah gets the sweaters. Sorry Elena. You've been replaced.

This year's baby sweater probably took the longest of all the baby sweaters ever. Woman estimates over 100 hours in work. It took 10 hours just to weave in all the loose ends, whatever that means. So, here it is, the 2007 Christmas Sweater.



It's from a pattern in the Debbie Bliss Easy Knits book. Woman really resents the name of this book, because this project was by no means easy. She feels particular angst toward the collar. The directions for the collar were very poorly worded, and there was no picture of the collar in the book. Bah!



This is the description of the book, "Would you like to knit something gorgeous for a new baby, but don’t have weeks to spend on it? Or are you relatively new to knitting and looking for a simple, foolproof design that will give you great results? Easy Knits is a fantastic collection of over 25 simple designs for babies, children and adults."

This is the finished product.



I think there is a disjoint somewhere in between the description and the finished product. Anyway, Woman did have fun making it, but she was really down to the wire in the end to get it finished by Christmas Eve.

Last year Woman made Sarah another sweater out of this same book. This one was MUCH easier to knit and does belong in the Easy Knits book.



Hasn't Baby Sarah grown a lot in a year? She's so cute. I like to give her kisses.

Woman got the Debbie Bliss Celtic Knits book for Christmas and is pretty excited about next year's baby sweater. Hint - it's going to be celtic.