Finally! Do you ever have a project you're dying to share on the knitting blog, but if you do you risk wrecking a surprise? The recipient of my project received her package in the mail today, so the cat's officially out of the bag.
My niece in Wisconsin had baby girl a while back. Dad, a university of Wisconsin Badger's fan, took one look at his long little baby, and exclaimed "It's a girl!" followed by something akin to "She's going to save me a lot of money. No college tuition for her, she's going to be on a full ride basketball scholarship." That's all Auntie Lifesastich needed for inspiration. Here's Baby Badger's varsity jacket:
Pattern: Top down raglan baby sweater by Carole Barenys (free) with added collar.
Update: I’ve had many questions as to how I did the collar. Using the pattern above, I just added more rows to the collar section, making it longer. I show have made it longer yet and then it would have stayed folded over better.
Yarn: Red Heart Soft Touch, my favourite washable acrylic yarn for baby projects.
Needles: Size 9 and 7
Comments: Looked long and hard for the basketball buttons, but they were in my own back yard – the Knit 'n Stitch in West Vancouver.
I'm liking this new camera 😉
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