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I made this for My daughter to give to a friend's new baby

Created by: Val H

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    While visiting my daughter who lives in Austria I decided that the three days I had left were enough to knit a cardigan for a tiny new baby. First I had to find a wool shop in Salzburg. Success, Wollzimmer in Schanzlgasse, and Claudia, the owner, like most Austrians, speaks much better English than the average Brit speaks German. Secondly I downloaded a pattern from Loveknitting and learnt not to save a PDF pattern on Kindle in future. Changing a PDF into Kindle format scrambled the pattern horribly. Had to rely on experience and common sense. The Rico yarn was beautiful. My reservation about the pattern was the neckbands, which, being knitted up from the stitches saved at the rib at the start of the two front sections, meet at the back of the neck. It's difficult to get the two cast off edges finished off and sewn smoothly, and you have four ends of yarn to weave in. I'd like a trimmer slimmer centre back finish, so I'll do it differently next time. And yes, I did it in two days.

    Tags

    • Babies

    Craft

    Knitting

    Skill Level

    Beginner

    Status

    Complete
    Started on: May 17, 2017 Finished on: May 19, 2017

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    4 Comments

    • Val H

      Six months later. She was so tiny she only grew into it a few weeks ago. Much better colour representation. What a cutie. Love it when I get pictures of my knitteds in use.
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    • Val H

      Actually the photo is not true to colour. My iPad seems to bring out the blues, but the delicate pink, peach and lilac were the dominant shades.
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    • Sarah B

      I love the colours! its lovely!
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    • Alison B

      • Portsoy

      Lovely cardigan,lovely colours
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