my precious

i did a little post for the etsy blog series saved from the fire yesterday.  here's a link to it.  i could only choose one thing to save for etsy but i wanted to show you some of the other things over the next week or so that are significant to me.  

first is this little sweater i made for my daughter, olivia.  it's one of the first things i ever knitted.    she must have been about 2 years old.  she wore it all the time and as you can see it's gotten a bit ratty.  the pattern is an elizabeth zimmerman one called baby surprise.  it's knitted in one piece and comes out a funny shape till you sew up a couple quick seams.  you have to have faith in this one.  it's wonky till it's done.  but it's an easy stockinette stitch.  i managed it as a beginner just fine.  and as a side note, i lived in burlington vermont at the time and bought my yarn from all time favorite jamie harmon.  

olivia keeps this in her room.  she tells me that when/if she has a daughter she wants her to have it.  how much this mother loves that is more than i can tell.