February babies sweater

I also made Emmeline a February Babies sweater. It is from Elizabeth Zimmerman’s Knitters Almanac. Funnily enough it is the February pattern.





I used Bendigo Woolen Mills (no surprise there) Mystique. This would have to be the best yarn that I have ever come across. It is a 75% wool 20% mohair 5% alpaca blend and of course it is being discontinued so there is limited colours left. I used apple green.

I used 5mm needles because that is all I had and it seemed to give the fabric a nice drape when I did the swatch. So I don’t really know what size I made, I just hope it fits her next winter.



I was a little selfish choosing this particular pattern because it was sort of a trial run. I really want to make the adult version. I have 3 balls of (you guessed it) Bendigo Woolen Mills Black Alpaca ready and waiting.

I figured that if I could do the baby version I would get a good idea about he construction and see if I was even capable of knitting a bigger one.



I hadn’t knit in a long time and although it wasn’t overly difficult, it was a little challenging. EZ (aka Elizabeth Zimemrman) writes her patterns more like a recipe than line by line instructions. I did OK.

There are a few mistakes in it and I stuffed the lace pattern a couple of times – obviously while watching TV or screaming at the kids.

But overall I am pretty pleased with it mainly because I made it all by myself.

Once I finish hand quilting (BTW what a stupid time consuming idea that was) a lap quilt for my little girl, I will cast on my black alpaca February sweater.