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.
10 comments:
What a darling thing. No wonder you would want to save it. That you daughter treasures it too makes it doubly special.
I love that you just put a touch of colour with the white. The buttons are my favourite part.
oh my god, that is the CUTEST sweater, I want one in my size!!!
Thats precious!
Aww, baby surprise. A total EZ classic!
i love that. And I love the rainbow, it's the perfect touch.
One day will you tell me about your moving?
Hello ,
thank you for visiting my blog and your kind words.
You made such a lovely sweater, it is so cute.
I will follow your blog when I can, until soon
have a nice weekend
all the best
lotte
wonderful!!!
that is wonderful. :)
Oh...love this...what a wonderful keepsake. Again, asking myself why I don't knit? :)
This is very beautiful. And so lovely that she treasures it.
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