Labor of Love

I finally finished the Vogue Knitting Baby Cardigan. I'm quite pleased with how it turned out. For a baby knit, this sure did take a long time. I started this last summer before my daughter was born. I lost interest in it after she was born, mostly because of the weird shoulder shaping that I just couldn't seem to figure out, and the second sleeve became monotonous.

I finally got a chance to use my embroidery stitch book since I had really never hand embroidered before at all. The french knot was the most difficult for me to master, but I found a great video tutorial that helped me figure it out.

The sweater took longer to complete in the finishing stage, too. I ripped out the colloar and redid the back neckline because I didn't like how it dipped in the back. It made the back piece look shorter than the front even though they were the same length. If I were ever to make this sweater again, I would not place the middle back section on a stitch holder until I were finished with all the shoulder shaping. After that was said and done, I noticed that my buttons were placed too low, so I fixed them.

Here are the sweater variations:

• Yarn substituted: Knitpicks Shine Sport in pink
• Modified the back neckline and added 2 extra buttonholes

I'm glad I perservered and finished this even with all the setbacks and changes. It definitely was a labor of love, and Keira should be able to fit into it soon.