6.12.2007

pattern: baby sweater on two needles from knitter's almanac
for: ami
timeline: started 06.08.2007; finished 06.11.2007
yarn: 2 balls of rowan calmer in 490 (with about 5g left over)
buttons: 6 from a bunch of random buttons from vogue fabrics on roosevelt

i've seen these all over knitting blogs and was charmed by it. in fact, i bought knitter's almanac for this pattern alone. the only change i made to the pattern was to make the boyd one inch longer before starting the garter stitch border.

things i wish i would have known before starting:
1 - start planning and putting in the buttonholes from the beginning.
2 - for the sleeves: knit sleeve stitches, cast on 7 stitches, turn, at end of sleeve stitches, cast on an additional 7 stitches.
3 - when knitting the rest of the body after completing both sleeves: when getting to the extra stitches cast on for the sleeves, pick up and knit a total of 14 stitches for each armhole into those cast-on stitches.