Tuesday, August 04, 2009

I am currently working on my version of the 5 Hour Baby Sweater ( boy is that a joke!). It's for
a friend in the UK whose daughter is having a baby. I designed and re-wrote the pattern way back in 1978 for my own two girls. I call it "Jiffy Baby Set". There's a hat and booties to go with it. They wore it when they were babies. I make it in two colors. It's fun to make, but there's no way you can do it in 5 hours. I think that name is symbolic, rather than literal. It goes quickly because it's done on big needles 10.5's, but it also takes a while to make it nicely finished and the ends all neatly woven in. I finish the bottom of the sweater with a picot edge instead of a hem.

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