I started this sweater over 18 months ago when I was pregnant, kinda hoping I might have a girl to wear it. I had a boy instead, who I love dearly. But I continued with this project to give to my niece who was due a couple weeks before my son. Well, it took me over a year to finish the darn thing, what with the sleepness nights and two children demanding my attention. After months of good intentions, I finally pushed through this last summer and sent it off a couple weeks ago. Luckily, I made it big, so it should be just the right size for this coming winter.
This was my biggest and most compicated knitting project to date. At times, I thought it would never end. It takes a lot more stitches to make a whole garment with size 3 needles than with size 7 (my usual). Plus, I completely redesigned the back to incorporate some cables to match the front. This took some complicated calculations to insure the dimensions matched the front, particularly the armholes. It was a satisfying project. I hope little Annabelle loves it (or at least her mom does).
front, obviously
back, obviously
my son modeling it with his dinosaur
my son holds still only for moment to watch the cat dash under the bed (see the tail?)
my son in tears: "Enough already! I don't like being a model and I don't want to wear a dress!"
