Friday, April 12, 2013

A Knitted Sweater for Baby

There is a niece in the family who is ALL THINGS BRONCO. 


Not only is she a Bronco fan, but she is also in her third trimester of pregnancy with a BOY.

Bronco colors of orange and blue are pretty common in Colorado, home of the Broncos, but not so much elsewhere.  You would not think it so difficult to find orange and blue yarn, but it was.  I found some sock yarn from the Stray Cat Etsy store and it came in a cute orange box with a cat on it.
 
That baby boy, Jackson, will need a sweater next winter, so this pattern was the one chosen; got busy knitting with that self striping yarn from Stray Cat in New Zealand.

Accessories include grosgrain ribbon and buttons in coordinating colors:

Using the ribbon both behind the buttons on the button band and behind the button holes makes the knitted fabric more sturdy, stabilizing the buttons.

 This video explains in detail how to apply the ribbon.  It is on Vimeo, courtesy of Jasmin and Gigi of the Knitmore Girls.

Visual Featurette- Grosgrain Ribbon Tutorial from Jasmin & Gigi on Vimeo.

The top buttons, the ones that you actually see when looking at the garment buttoned up, are orange.

And the buttons on the bottom of the orange buttons, making the top buttons more secure, are blue:
 
 
Finished!
 
 
Enjoy, Baby Jackson, due June 5!
 
Linking to Finished Objects Friday.  And linking to Fiber Arts Friday.
 

18 comments:

  1. WOW!!! What a fabulous little sweater, wat a great job you did!

    ReplyDelete
  2. I am the biggest Bronco's fan..(even though I live no where near Denver)...I've got the blue and orange everywhere...I also had this obsession while pregnant with Chris...who was born on June 6th!

    He is as crazy a Denver fan as you can get...

    ReplyDelete
  3. Your delightful sweater is destined to be much loved. Beautiful work.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Nice job on that sweater for Jackson and the colors are great. My daughter and her family live in Denver and are big Bronco's fans. I think I will have to make some Bronco sweaters as well.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Such such s sweet sweater. Love the tut on sewing ribbon on button bands.

    ReplyDelete
  6. You are a smarty pants to make that CUTE sweater for Baby Jackson! He will be a proud little Broncos fan:) Have a blessed Friday and weekend, HUGS!

    ReplyDelete
  7. What a great little sweater. Best wishes to your niece for a speedy and comfortable delivery of a happy and healthy baby boy!

    ReplyDelete
  8. Great work, Nancy! I've recently seen bottom buttons to hold the top more secure on my peacoat. I think that ribbon enforcement is a good idea.

    ReplyDelete
  9. Awww! Love this! I second the thanks for the button band info--I've never attached ribbon before, but have been tempted to. Much simpler than I thought! Your niece will be so happy with this!

    ReplyDelete
  10. As a Colorado girl, I can appreciate the love. Great Sweater!

    ReplyDelete
  11. That ribbon technique for the buttons is brilliant! I will have to try that next time. Love the yarn and sweater too.

    ReplyDelete
  12. Thanks for posting the video about the ribbon band. The baby sweater is lovely!

    ReplyDelete
  13. The ribbon idea is so clever. many thanks for sharing

    ReplyDelete
  14. What a beautiful sweater. Congratulations to her.

    Liz (yacb)

    ReplyDelete
  15. Love it! I think my grandson would too - so brightly coloured! Thank you for sharing it on Mandarin Orange Monday:) And sorry I am so late getting back to you.

    ReplyDelete

Your comments mean a lot to me. Thank you so much for reading my post, and heaps more hugs and thank you's for leaving a note!