A ?Baby? Sweater
August 11th, 2006 at 8:48 pm (kids-sweaters)
So I have a friend who is due at the end of the year with a boy. Yay! Time to start a baby sweater:
This was true bus knitting as I took the picture on the bus too!
So tonite, I think I’m almost to the armholes and put it on two circs to measure it both lengthwise and widthwise. Hmm… it’s a bit big. Let’s see if it will fit one of the children I happen to have handy:
So much for "baby" sweater.
I asked her if she would wear it. She looked down and giggled and said "YES!". Now, that doesn’t mean the whim of a 4 (almost 5) year old will stay the same once it’s finished and she realizes it’s not going to magically turn pink. For now I think I’ll set this one aside, and start the real baby sweater.
The question is, which size? There are three sizes listed. The one I chose was the largest at 12-18mo size. Apparently that can also be the 4-5 yo size if you knit slightly off gauge. (I measured & I didn’t think I was _that_ off gauge).
If I choose the next size down, it might still be too big. I can go down a needle size, but I’m already on size 2.5mm, and the fabric it’s making with that size needle looks pretty good. I can do the smallest size, but I’m afraid that will be way too small and the baby will only get to wear the sweater twice.
So let’s do some math.
Current size is approx 28" around, on 208 stitches (204 body, 4 steek). That gives us 7.4 st/inch. Pattern gauge is 8st/inch
Here are the other sizes:
184 sts = 24.8" around
166 sts = 22.4" around
Hm. the small size says it’s for 0-3 month! Yikes!! Time to decide…..
Teresa said,
August 14th, 2006 at 11:04 am
Katie doesn’t look like she is laughing, almost looks mad. :)