I know that I’m flogging this one to death but I just have to show the finished BSJ and then thats it, no more pics of this one!! I got a great reaction from the receiver- well Mum of the receiver really
, and I enjoyed the end process of it so I think that I will be making another one soon enough.
What I didn’t like was the garter stitch, garter stitch, garter stitch- yawn. Just seemed endless to me. But it is a fantasticly constructed pattern, even though the few lines that its written in make you think that you are going to seriously fudge it half way through and not know it until the end when you attempt to fold it up and find out that you only have half a front section or something
Luckily, I made it through.
Sharon helped also, as she has made one also for her bump, and a fine jacket it is too. I fudged a little on the buttonholes. I didn’t do the maths too well (or at all actually) and I ended up with 4 buttonholes on one side and 5 on the other, but didn’t really mind too much, I reckoned it would work itself out. The whole point of having buttonholes on either side is that the BSJ pattern is written for either sex, and goes on the premise that the sex of the baby isn’t known until its born so you can then be prepared and sew on the buttons to the proper side for the proper sex, OVER the buttonholes you had created on that side. The wisdom of Elizabeth Zimmerman knows no end.
Can you see my eye in the button on the top? Lol
Yarn: Jaegar Baby Merino DK, 100% pure new wool, machine washable, 131yards in 50g, think I used just over 2 balls, and finished off the final row and cast off with Rowan Baby Soft yarn, havent got the deatils here unfortunately.
There you go! Im getting there with the updating, slowly.
Still havent really got the blogging mojo back, but trying!
Happy St Patricks Day to all who come here