Anatomy of a Sweater

Recently we had a request to make a baby sweater. 

The customer bought the yarn and it was up to us to find a pattern.

We found a nice pattern from an insert in one of the British knitting magazines we like to get.

Here is the actual sweater in the book.

Now let me take you through the process of actually making this sweater.

Here the sweater is on circular needles. 

Since there were a lot of stitches we felt a circular needle would work better than straight needles.

Here is a close up of the lace pattern. 

I do have to tell you that you really had to pay attention to what you were doing on the pattern rows.

 I had to rip rows out a few times. 

Now we are starting to see the foundation of a sweater with no sleeves.

Here are the sleeves.

When you sew all the parts together here is what you have.

The customer also requested a hat and booties to match.

I certainly hope this will keep the baby warm this winter.