Pink!

Published on Sunday June 6th, 2010

If you’ve followed the procession of handknits at Blue Garter over the years, you may have realized there hasn’t ever been much pink in the palette. I don’t avoid it the way I did in my tomboy phase (which was, um, a little more protracted than most girls’), but it’s still not something I usually choose for myself. So when Marika called to tell me my niece was going to be, well, a niece and said, “I hope you have some pink yarn!”… I had to go out and buy some pink yarn. Here’s the result:

SweetPeasy

Click for bigness. I think the buttons are pretty cute.

This is Sweet Peasy, knit in a finer yarn (Spud & Chloe Fine, in fact) on a #3 needle following the directions for the 3/4 size. I estimate it’ll fit a 6-9-month old, and maybe for longer than that if the little niece is petite like her mother. It’s a sort of apple blossom pink, which even I can appreciate.

It continues to be all baby sweaters all the time ’round these parts, but I’ve got vacation coming up in another week and so I hope to have some finished adult knits to share with you very soon!

8 Comments to “Pink!”

  1. Maike Comment Says:
    Posted: June 7th, 2010 at 2:53 am

    Ohhh I love it, the buttons, the colour – so pretty!

  2. emily Comment Says:
    Posted: June 7th, 2010 at 6:46 am

    What an adorable sweater 🙂 Congratulations on the upcoming arrival of your new niece. Babies are the perfect recipients of knitted goods…they can’t complain and you know they’ll get worn!

  3. Wendolene Comment Says:
    Posted: June 7th, 2010 at 7:56 am

    My own personal issue with baby knits is pastel yarn. Mayhaps a throwback from being a small child at the height of the late 80’s/early 90’s pastel craze. Good job Spud & Chloe on a nice solid pink!
    (And the buttons are adorable!)

  4. Seanna Lea Comment Says:
    Posted: June 7th, 2010 at 7:59 am

    I’m not much of a pink person either, so I appreciate that this sweater screams subtle in the color department. The buttons make me think high end plaid coats and professor coats with elbow patches.

  5. Julie Comment Says:
    Posted: June 7th, 2010 at 9:02 am

    what a lovely little sweater!! the buttons look great, too.

  6. Debby Comment Says:
    Posted: June 8th, 2010 at 3:53 am

    This sweater is so cute, that I’ll forgive you for not showing much pink up until now. 🙂

  7. knittingoutloud Comment Says:
    Posted: June 9th, 2010 at 3:10 pm

    Lovely design!

  8. Karen Comment Says:
    Posted: June 24th, 2010 at 9:33 pm

    So cute! Love the buttons.