Baby Surprise Jacket
Elizabeth Zimmerman is a knitting design genius! She came up with a way to knit a baby sweater, shaping and all, knitting back and forth with very minimal seaming. When it is finished (before seaming) it looks like this:
Here is the back - so simple yet so beautiful:
The seam is the tops of the arms/shoulders. Add a few pretty buttons and Voila!
The yarn I used was Knit Picks Imagination, in Damsel. It is a hand-dyed merino/alpaca/nylon blend. It is so soft and the colors so rich, it turns an ordinary gift into something that is quite luxurious.Posted in: on Saturday, April 11, 2009 at at 6:39 PM
Just beautiful! You're so talented.