Love the sweaters, am interested in the 5 hour sweater and intend to make it. Do you have an easy BOOTY pattern? I cannot tell you how much fun I have had reading your book and blog. God bless and keep writing, Glenda

Your comments are back up! That sweater is adorable. I love Patons yarn. Hee hee, booty pattern!

LOVE the sweaters. So inspiring. I want to make 1 baby sweater and 1 toddler sweater but have been a little nervous as have only made one baby sweater before...a v. simple one. This gives me courage to do it! So happy the comments are back. Even if I have nothing interesting to say.

So gorgeous!!! Thank you for reopening the comments, sweetie. *hugs*

those little buttons are the cutest!

Well, aren't you just a sweater making machine. I really like the colors on this one, would not have picked it for a baby sweater but it looks great. And great buttons yet again.

OH! Your next book is out in February? I cannot wait. Congratulations!

OMG another baby sweater??? Someone is on a ROLL! I really love this one too, in fact I think i need to queue it on Rav! Soooo cute... can't wait to see it with the little booties. Congrats on finishing your first (baby) sweaters! You rock!

I am so glad the comments are back. I do read your blog everyday or there abouts, and just weeped during the great pumpkin massacre of 2009. I am still trying to find a way of sending you new plants to replace the ones hurt. Is a trip to LA too much?
Any lovely sweaters. I am very impressed. Cheers

Comments! Yay! Now I don't feel so much like an e-mail stalker. :) LOVE both the sweaters...a very nice job you've done. I was just looking for Patons Decor at Michael's and didn't find it (maybe because I live in Podunk Shopping Hell). I would really, really like a button attaching tutorial as I am about to finish a baby surprise jacket and haven't a clue how to attach buttons so a baby can't get them off and choke on them.

Been reading a while (thanks to Neilochka!) and I wanted to say that I really enjoy your approach to knitting and blogging and blogging about knitting. I'm at about the same knitting level as you, and I happen to also be knitting up lots of baby sweaters and booties right now. It is like balm on the soreness of life, this knitting, sometimes.

Wait...what? Another book! WOO HOO!!!

That sweater is so cute it actually hurts. Thanks for the pictures and description. I'm always looking for good baby patters to add to my arsenal.

A--Dor--A--Ble You should be named Godmother for that sweater recipient.

Adorable! I quilt, rug hook and cross stitch, but knitting is totally beyond me.

YAY COMMENTS!! I read you every single day and check regularly in case I miss any updates..I am not a knitter, yet I find myself reading every knitting detail you put down on paper (can the internets be considered paper - I think not)?? Anyway, thanks for opening your comments back up...

De-lurking to say both of your baby sweaters turned out beautifully!!
By the way, where did you find the great mug?

The sweater is adorable and I think the colors are perfect!

Soooo pretty!

I remember back when all you knit was scarves. Now you are into actual CLOTHES.

The world will never be the same now.

Well, loookit you! So fancy and fast with the knitwear! I'm working on my first clothing item (well, one that's not a rectangle, like a scarf or wrap). I've been thinking about the 5-hour sweater and am glad to see you like it. And yay -- there are comments again!

Beautiful! Co-Worker's baby (well, both of them) are going to be snuggly and well-dressed! The buttons add a lovely touch to the sweater.

Oh, the colour is wonderful! Very old-fashioned, suitable for a little girl, but equally attractive on the little brother or cousin who may wear it next (although it would go onto my favorite teddy bear after I was done with it, JUST SAYIN'). I wish all my procrastination was so productive!

Love the sweater and the buttons are so perfect!

I am in awe of your knitting prowess. I tried knitting one time and spent three weeks knitting a rectangle and my hands hurt like hell, so I decided I wasn't a knitter. You kick ass, Laurie! Love you, comments or not!

Oh my gosh, Laurie! The sweater is SO BEAUTIFUL. I am expecting my first (girl) child in January and I honestly have not been cooing over any baby things at all--until now. Now I am going to have to learn how to knit something other than a scarf so I can make it! The yarn is just gorgeous. Great work!

Love (1,000)

Yay comments :) I think I just like to be able to hear (see?) myself talk, so it was probably for the best that I had some radio silence. Nonetheless, thanks for letting us say hello again!

I love the sweaters, your button choices are completely adorable! I'm terrible at choosing appropriate buttons... I would be happy to put pink glitter buttons on everything. I'm also looking forward to insight from your couture sewing mind about sewing them on :)

Laurie - love the sweater. I am totally stealing the pattern and the yarn and making it for my next little one....

Can't wait to get your secret for sewing on buttons and fasteners that will withstand total nuclear annihilation. Seems like I'm always sewing the same buttons back on to my clothes.

that sweater is super-cute, and it looks almost like baby camo!

BEAUTIFUL. The Little Red Sweater too. You are very talented and should give yourself more credit than you do.

Excellent color and yarn choice for this sweater, Laurie. Yeah, the pattern has a few mistakes, but I knew you'd figure it out. Also, you could knit the sleeves in the round on double points, thereby eliminating the bottom seam!

I just knit two of those five-hour sweaters, and that is definitely a typo to say "k2tog and knit across back of sweater to sleeve #2" umm, you HAVE to break the yarn...you just finished the end of a sleeve! LOL Love your yarn choice :)

I am so proud of you and your baby sweater knitting self! It seems like you've come so far from when I first started reading this blog and you were churning out scarves left and right. Not that there's anything wrong with scarves! And not that you haven't come far in other ways! But those little sweaters really tickle me pink.

I love, love, love it! Sewing on buttons is the only crafty skill I possess. I wonder if we have the same technique. . . .

That sweater is so cute, I wish I were tiny again so that I could wear it! You are truly talented in knitting and humor!

"buttons and fasteners that will withstand total nuclear annihilation." HEE!!

Thank you for fixing the comments. YOU ROCK!!!

Kisses to the Posse!

That. Is. Adorable! And even after bootees, you'll have plenty of yarn to make a weensie little hat, too! Love it!

Love it!!! I am definitely going to try this one. I love getting your recommendations. You rock.

I have many knitting books, but am terrified of patterns. Your conquering of the baby sweater is making me think that maybe I can do this... I do believe that the two things you need in life are Courage & Faith. I guess that would apply to patterns as well. :-) Thanks!

Congrats on your 2 baby sweaters!! They're lovely. I'm proud of you. And happy to see the comments are back!

I am beyond impressed and @ 48 want to have another baby so you can knit her a sweater! :-) I'm still on squares aka doll baby blankets. Maybe one day! Keep writing and rocking!

I've used two other patterns for baby sweaters but this one MUST.BE.KNIT. And since a baby was born this month and I have been remiss in gifting, I know just the recipient! (Will be watching for the fastener-attaching-tutorial.)

Sorry, I'm not really anonymous, just unable to see blank fields, apparently.

I'm going nuts trying to learn double-pointed needles. Does anyone know of any good books or websites or videos?

Both sweaters are adorable! Love the buttons, too. Can't wait for your next book. Knit on!

So I was reading and I was thinking I hope she turned the comments on because I just want to say it's a super cute baby sweater and I don't want to send her a whole email just to say that and I got to the bottom and the comments were on!!!!!!!!!

Super cute baby sweater!

You totally crack me up sometimes! This is rapidly becoming one of my favoritest blogs. I love seeing what you're up to each day. I think the sweater turned out great and I love the idea of sewing buttons on top of the snaps. Very clever!

The sweaters are turning out so great! What is nice about baby sweaters is they are so small that you don't feel like you've kit on them for eleventy thousand years and you have a front :)

It's beautiful! I really like those colors. I'm into making gender-neutral things for babies and that color combination is beautiful. I feel a visit to my LYS coming up!

This sweater is adorable. I went to a baby shower on Sunday for a girl and because I have no imagination, bought mostly pink outfits. Turns out the expecting parents favorite color is green and pink is the most disliked. Oh well...

I have such admiration for you. I can't even knit a scarf without wanting to hurt someone.

Baby bootie (hee!) pattern, please. So much easier to do the one you've already tried and had success with - you make me brave! If you post the bootie pattern (how much fun is it to just say that??) I'll send you a photo of the knitted roll brim hats my daughter and I made for the dollies. Your pattern downsized PERFECTLY!
Jeanne

Love the sweater! Well, BOTH sweaters, actually. Very adorable! Wow - you did such a great job. My first sweaters were also top-down in the round sweaters (I think they were actually Paton patterns), and I honestly think that's the easiest and most gratifying way to knit a garment (at least for me, anyway).

Quick question: Were the sleeves of the second sweater knit flat then seamed? Really? I wonder why they weren't knit in the round on double-pointed needles? That's what I would have done - but then again, I HATE seaming. I mean HATE, with the fire-of-a-thousand-suns kind of hate.

Anyway, thanks for letting us comment again. I absolutely LOVE your blog and I've turned my sister (who isn't a knitter) on to you. I even bought her your book (very similiar life circumstances, you and her).

Yay for working comments! Several years ago I learned to knit and made some easy things, then I switched over to crocheting, and I forgot how to knit! Your knitting is so beautiful! It makes me want to learn again.

@claud- knittinghelp.com

She has awesome videos that you can replay again and again and again until you figure it out. I just taught myself double pointed needles this weekend (using this website) Am already half way through my first hat- Laurie's Easy Roll Brim hat!

Love this sweater too Laurie! Very pretty yarn. So glad your comments are back up and running, and judging by the number of comments you get, it's a good thing!

Have a great day.

Oh that is so pretty! I love the yarn you used.

I have a new baby sweater to knit and may just have to use this pattern too.

xxx

YES! I too am glad to see the comments again...thought you might not love us anymore.. ;O) The sweater is beautiful..you should be so proud!!
xox from Idaho....

I am a...commenter! Love the buttons; snaps are a great idea! Tiny sweaters can go on stuffed animals when their originally intended wearer is too big! (exclamation point for continuity)

Hi Laurie,
I only discovered you after the comments were broken. I'm glad I can comment; I'm too lazy to email stalk with any regularity :-). Love your blog!

Love this sweater...I think I might even try it myself!

It's darling!!

Yay comments!

You've inspired me to knit a baby sweater for a pregnant friend. Didn't think I had the time but this pattern looks perfect!

You GO girl!! I so adore the colors...and I so love the buttons!! You are so in the "knit-groove"!

I am gonna knit me one of those.

Holy crap!

So painfully cute! The buttons are perfect!

I am so proud of you for cranking out these baby sweaters. You make it look so easy.

Totally fab! You are now a sweater maven-good job!

Both baby sweaters have inspired me to get knitting on the baby sweater I am working on. Also thanks for opening the comments up again though I can totally understand needing to hide in a cave sometimes.

That sweater is beautiful. I liked the red one too, but this one - - awesome. It just shines with the love and happiness you put into it.

Thank you for bringing comments back; I love to read them, even though I seldom leave any. And, THANK YOU for sharing the pattern for this sweater. I've wanted to make a sweater, and decided a baby sweater would be a good place to start but I was such a scaredy cat to give one a try! Both of your baby sweaters are darling, and now I feel EMPOWERED by this pattern and your success! haha! Anyway, thanks, and keep writing.
Oh, and one more thing. I must apologize for (sort of) stalking you! I once stood behind you while you talked with the proprietor of my LSS in St. Paul, just to listen awhile to your accent. Lovely! You sounded just like I expected! :-)

Aren't babies the best to knit for? Your sweaters and booties are supercute.

WHAT another book???? How did I miss that!!! can't wait, I loved your first book, and I'm always impressed by anybody that write a book!

Yay for comments! Thanks for doing the work to bring them back. And your baby sweaters are adorable, Laurie! I'll have to put the 5 hour baby sweater into my queue for my baby due in December!

Great minds think alike...or knit alike, I guess. Your first two sweaters are the exact same patterns I used for my first baby sweaters! I made the 5 hour hour one in white for a baby dedication and the Debbie Bliss one in a fuzzy pink variegated that was so squishy and huggable that you almost didn't need to put a baby in it.

Good choices! So, what are we going to knit next? The weather is cooling off and I'm ready to get the needles out.

It's absolutely beautiful. And OMG the pumpkin massacre. :( Your hissyfit was SO justified. I hate your gardeners. Why the heck do THEY care if you want pumpkins in your yard?! It's just weird that they want to be so involved. I'm sorry for your loss (and no I'm not being facetious). When a neighbor was having extensive landscape work done several years ago, the crew doing the work decided that while they were on the moving grading equipment would be a good time to have a domestic dispute. They destroyed a climbing hydrangea bush, two small flowering trees and a trellis in MY yard. Just typing this STILL pisses me off. We were out of town at the time and no one ever apologized or made any restitution. But again, deep breath.... pretty baby sweater thoughts.

Yay for comments being back. Loving the sweater...plotting my version.

Regarding pumpkins, I know people that can deal with the gardener...just offering, let me know.

Congratulations on your first two sweaters! They look wonderful, and I'm sure the new moms will appreciate all the work you put in. I've been lucky with my baby knits--all of the recipients have been gracious and touched by my work. I have to finish a cardigan for a friend who's about to pop--only a couple of weeks to get it done! I do have a blanket and booties ready.

If you get all inspired and motivated to make a sweater for *yourself*, I heartily recommend "Bombshell" from "Big Girl Knits" as an excellent learning sweater. It's knitted from the top down in worsted-weight yarn, has a huge range of sizes, is easy to knit, and looks *fantastic* when worn. I'm tall, so I make mine longer (oh, yes, I'm knitting my fourth and have yarn for two more!), but that's the only adjustment.

I love your blog. I really enjoy following your life journey and especially your way of seeing the world.

Very nicely done - kuddos to you! You are becoming a regular baby sweater knitting machine.

I've made that pattern (the original one) about five times - always takes me more than 5 hours too :) Like you I don't use standard baby colors either and it's always a hit with the mother-to-be and the others at the shower because it's so happy looking.

Congrats on your excellent knitting and your button talent. I am looking forward to finding out how you knit & stick 'em!

I've made this pattern and I love it, too! And I do definitely want to know your snaps/button method because I usually don't even do buttons (or holes!) because they don't stay on right.

And I loved your comments about kitchener stitch a couple days ago, because it was like listening to the voice in MY head the first time I did it! Like ... WOW! And I've been sewing since I was 12, so that whole "wrong sides together" thing freaked me out, too.

Thanks for comments!! Big hugs from Virginia.

Very cute! I wouldn't have chosen the Patons, because whenever I go to a big box store for yarn I have the knack of picking the yarn most likely to disintegrate while knitting. Your choice looks much wiser than mine!

you are awesome! Two sweaters in a week. Rock on, girl!
Those buttons are yummy!

Great job Laurie! You are so talented!

I am so so happy that comments are open again! I have never left you

Yay for comments! I'm still here, too, and might not send anymore stupid emails to you when I feel so strongly about losers chopping down corn and butchering tomatoes. Maybe.
Love the colors in that sweater. I might have to pick up a skein of my own!

Adorable!! I love the colors and the little buttons are just precious. For someone who considers themselves a 'slow knitter' you do amazing work. Congrats!

I love your blog and I loved your book. I found it when I was going through a rough patch in my life and I immediately dug out my box of knitting supplies and just started to knit and purl. You kept me sane. Thank you!! :-)

Oh, yes - great news that the comments are back. Sending my opinion via email always seemed so presumptive - this way, I can just chime in with the crowd.

Great baby sweaters! Brava!

ANOTHER knitting triumph for aunt purl! brava!

now we HAVE to get you to try the elizabeth zimmermann baby surprise jacket. if you thought THIS pattern was easy, you should see the BSJ!

Yay comments! The sweater is adorable!

You are very talented! Beautiful work!

OMG baby sweater!! It's gorgeous. I'm such a sucker for a baby sweater. :)

HOLY CRAP! How did you make another sweater already? Here I was, all proud of you for the first one and you've ALREADY GOT ANOTHER DONE. Love them both, very good non-gender-biased baby colors. Two thumbs up. :-)

This is EXACTLY what I have been looking for! My daughter just turned 2, I have yet to find a cute sweater for her..since she was born that fit what I was imagining.

I wish you sold these :-) As you know the SF Valley can be coldish and perfect for a sweater in the fall/winter.

OMG I wish I could knit.

Mad skillz girl! So impressed!

Thank you for the info! I'm knitting up that exact sweater right now and that was totally helpful!

The buttons on your sweater are super cute!

This is EXACTLY what I have been looking for! My daughter just turned 2, I have yet to find a cute sweater for her..since she was born that fit what I was imagining.

I wish you sold these :-) As you know the SF Valley can be coldish and perfect for a sweater in the fall/winter.

OMG I wish I could knit.

Ok thats odd...Tsipa's comment showed up under my name and mine under hers before... reposting.

yeay Purlie!!!!
we love you and love being able to tell you so... EVERY DAMN TIME WE WANT TO!!!!
congrats on the 2(!!!) sweaters!!
you so rock!

OMG! I read all of your knitting posts with envy. I wouldn't even know where to start. But then I see it...the new book! Thank you, thank you. I so heart the last one. I read it after my divorce was over and it was awesome. Thank you so much for sharing. :)

Hi there, I am the author of that baby-sweater pattern. That fact that you are blogging about it makes me feel positively famous. Anyhow, thanks for the stitch count corrections. I will add those to the new pdf. I'm glad you found it clear and easy. Mystical patterns are the worst.

The sweaters are lovely and the buttons are perfect! Congrats!

Gorgeous! I feel I might need to make one of these. Love your site!

1. I doubt many people have finished that particular pattern in 5 hours (i.e., it's not just you). But it is a *great* pattern.

B. Those colors knitted up really gorgeous. Gorgeously? Whateves.

Tres: I would pay you cash money for a tute re: sewing buttons onto knitted items -- mine always feel so flimsy and I don't want to be responsible for some unfortunate accident, which is why I general revert to an i-cord tie, but that gets a little boring and doesn't always go with the design (my attempt at a run-on sentence a la Auntie Purl).

I've made this sweater twice. I have never done it in 5 hours.

Yours is beautiful.

I have not know in a long while. I always find your knitting posts inspirational.

I've made this sweater twice. I have never done it in 5 hours.

Yours is beautiful.

I have not knit in a long while. I always find your knitting posts inspirational.

good grief - that sweater is just ridiculously adorable!!! someday i will dig out my knitting again. reading your blog has started to inspire me!

I'm so happy your comments are back. I tried to txt you about the red sweater, and your cell number is changed! I wanted to tell you how gorgeous your sweater was, and now, wow, sweater #2!

Great job Laurie.

Oh, and I'm sorry about your garden. That was sad.

Hugs,
cg

It's gorgeous! I've thought about making that sweater several times, because Courtney, the author, is a friend of mine, but now I really need to make it!

To Courtney -- Oh, how exciting to see the author of such a cool pattern post here! I'm so happy you weren't upset that I made the stitch # changes. I LOVED YOUR PATTERN and I hope you go on to write many more! You have a real talent for it! And it's so darn cute. I can't tell you how happy I was that Ellen shared it with me. It's fantastic.
xo
laurie

So NOW you're gonna share a button secret? I just finished a baby sweater TODAY after much procrastination and I NEEDED HELP WITH THE BUTTONS. Because I'm paranoid about buttons on baby stuff but they're so darn cute! Ah well - maybe I can use your button secret in the future anyway :-)

OMG... so cute!

Laurie, I LOVE your blog. Also, my co-worker is expecting in a few months and you have inspired me to knit her a baby sweater (and I've never knit a sweater before) Thanks for the inspiration!

Coming here, reading your words and seeing knitting...its like Christmas! I love how you talk about the patterns and explain what you did. I am often mystified by patterns and wish more knitters talked about how they knit rather than just what they knit.

What an adorable sweater. Great yarn choice; I love thinking outside the box for knitting (and life in general) and this yarn really works well. Thanks for sharing your modifications and suggested corrections for stitch counts.

Can't wait to see the booty...OK, booties :)

There's going to be some well dressed babies in your area. Love the buttons...especially the ladybugs on the red sweater.

I got inspired to finish a sweater I was crocheting in 2006 when I had a serious health/vision problem. All I had to do was finish the sleeves. I learned to knit during that health/vision problem, and now that it's 3yrs later and my knitting skills are a lot better, I'm knitting the sleeves on my crocheted sweater. I think I kind of like the look of my knitted stitches next to my crocheted stitches. Just wish that I hadnt used such dark colored yarn for the sweater. (well, I could see a lot better 3yrs ago than I can now)

I dont know any babies or anyone having any babies, otherwise I'd be attempting some baby sweaters. I know a couple of little girls who have serious doll habits...maybe I could practice on their "babies".

darnit...forgot to put my name on my comment...it's been so long.

That sweater is so freaking adorable! Love it!

So cute!

I've knit this sweater more times than I can count - from infants to 6 year olds, to dolls! I just change my gauge and yarn accordingly. It's a really fun pattern!

I love your sweater and I look forward to your description on how to apply the button snaps. I also would love to know what pattern you are using for the booties.

That sweater is fantastic. I've printed it off and will attempt to make it. Thanks for showing it and the info!

Fabulous baby sweaters! And you are a button genius....two of the greatest sets of buttons I have ever seen.

May the evil pumkin killing gardener have a life full of appropriate karma. Really.

Great to have the comments back.

Gorgeous, Laurie, really lovely! Well done :)

"this was a breeze!" Speaking of breezes, have you ever done this?

http://www.an-ocean-beach-lovers-place.com/2009/08/sitting-and-knitting-at-beach.html

P.S. So glad you opened up comments!

Well, I thought I'd leave you a comment and tell you how much I love the sweater, but I see I'm not the first by a long shot :)

I loved getting handmade things for my children. When someone is willing to spend their time and not just their money, it speaks volumes. How nice for the recipient.

Wow! That is super impressive. I've recaught the knitting bug myself lately, and I love seeing your projects. It helps get my mind going.

I'm looking forward to your hard-hitting expose on buttons-- including this fantastical thing called sewing buttons over snaps. ?? Must see it. Guess you'll have to make something else with buttons on it. :) If no one else is expecting, I'm sure there's a crisis pregnancy center or maternity home somewhere in the area that would help your sweater reach a mom in need.

I LOVE (x3) the baby sweaters!! My best girlfriend is expecting in November, and although she has 2-1/2, plus another 1/2, sweaters from me already, I'm going to have to investigate this and give it a knit. Thanks for sharing, and knit on!! (PS: I sew buttons over snaps too, and the way I do it, it's a pain. So I'll be staying tuned.)

Love this, it is very similar to one I used to do for my babies 30+ years ago. One of my favourite patterns:)

I can finally say hello! Welcome back friend :)

Beautiful, and sounds like a baby sweater I might actually be able to knit. Except that I have a new baby (six weeks old) and haven't been able to knit anything in over a month!

OK - that moment of silence (which didn't how up here) was me doing the fingers-pointing-at-the-ceiling Happy Dance and squealing. THis IS fun for those of us Who Love You so we can sit around our little Glowingscreens and commiserate. (I didn't mind emaling,but this is nice). Now then: you've done it again! There are two babies coming (or these two girls have really been hitting the cheese pizzas) and I have NEVER dared knit a baby sweater. There's a "Baby Surprise" on the needles in time-out forever. But maybe.....MAYBE I can try this newest one!! I have time to ponder; the babies are due in November, I think -- and being a Superstitious Yiddisha Bubbeh I never knit anything for a kid until it's in high scho...er....BORN. (I *start* when they're born; I've been known not to finish until they're in high school.) Another great CAP Inspiration! THANK YOU!!

Time once again for my own edition of three things:
1. SO CUTE! You totally rock the sweater universe.
2. Please do tell your hurricane-proof button trick.
3. Comments! Yay!

If you venture into pullovers, I highly recommend "Knitting Without Tears" (I can't remember the name of the author, but it has the easiest sweater instructions I've ever seen).

Your baby sweaters are absolutely beautiful! Lucky coworkers.

Lovely!
I think the snaps with decorative buttons is a great idea. I think I should do that with all baby sweaters from now on because buttons NEVER STAY BUTTONED when babies wear those sweaters. At least, that's the case with my kids :)

Darling sweater and perfect colors! Seems like none of the mothers-to-be these days want the tired old traditional colors. And please share your button sewing secrets. My husband loses buttons almost daily and I HATE sewing them back on.

Love you, CAP, and hate your stupid gardeners.

Great sweater. In fact I ran out to Michaels last night, bought the very same yarn and started knitting as soon as I got home. I had just finished a sweater to give to my neighbour but was really unhappy with it when I read today's blog. Thank you so much. Also thanks for letting us comment again.

Great job with the sweater, it's beautiful! The buttons were a wonderful idea too. :)

I love this sweater. Just the right colors, simple, and is something I would be willing to attempt. Thank you for posting about it.

I love the sweaters. I made two 5 Hour Baby Sweaters for coworkers that had baby girls 3 weeks apart. It was so fast and easy, but adorable. Great job!!

I just found the 5 Hour Baby Sweater pattern too. I'm also a slow knitter but managed to make one in a weekend and it was the best gift at the shower. No ego here. I found a cute coordinating hat on Ravelry. Don't remember which booty pattern I used but they were cute too. Good job. I'm looking foward to the button/snap instructions. I crocheted a tie for mine.

Lovely lovely sweater! Love your explanations too and many thanks for opening comments again!

Wow, very brave of you to re-open the Pandora's Box of Comments! But it is nice to be able to read all your loving supporters' notes :)

The baby sweaters are simply amazing. They will be the hippest babies on the block! As a non-knitter I continue to be blown away by people who can make actual clothes...from strings and sticks!

Lastly, along with 14,000,000 other readers was so horrified by the Garden Massacre...so very sorry that happened. But surely there will be justice eventually through some kind of gardening karma or something???

I've made a sweater very similar to this called the 'One Skein Baby Sweater'. I love it! It knits up quickly, seriously only takes one skein of yarn and everyone loves it when they get it. Yours is just lovely!

The sweater looks fantastic. I've made that pattern for a sweater for Viv, and it is a great pattern (but I don't know anyone--including Ellen-who actually knit it in 5 hours). Congrats again on moving into Garment Land. It's a lovely place where you'll never be bored or lonely!

I've been looking for something to knit for the vet tech at my vet's office (she's having a boy in October.) Since I am also a slow recreational knitter, I was looking for a fairly simple, fast-to-finish pattern. This looks perfect!

Wow, Laurie, great progress - and I love the choice of yarn. Here in the SF Area, nobody uses the traditional baby colors for garments either.

Now, you need to buy Custom Knits by Wendy Bernard, which is full of lovely top-down sweaters (and hardly any seaming), and knit something for you!

I want that sweater for MYSELF. (It would have to be considerably bigger, but still. . .)

You rawk!

Thanks, Gayle!

This sweater is adorable!! I have two friends with babies coming in the next 6-8 months, this makes me totally want to make one of these sweaters for them! That is, of course, assuming that one of them has a little girl... ;)

Gail, "Knitting Without Tears" is by Elizabeth Zimmerman, my heroine!

Hooray! Comments are back on!
I have been reading regularly, but did not want you bombarded with e-mails.
Nice to see so much knitting happening!
Give some kisses to Bob, Frankie and the fabulous Sobakawa from me!

Yay for comments!

Not to sound condescending, but I'm very proud of you for branching out into garments. Speaking as a fellow knitter, with all the fancy-pants scarves and hats you make, you've been more than ready to knit a sweater for a long time!

When are you gonna knit one for yourself? (You might want to try a top-down raglan, like Stefanie Japel designs, because it's all in one piece which is awesome and doesn't take lots of wine to get through any seaming).

That is one great looking baby sweater, LOVE the buttons!

I fell over! This one is particularly sweet. Thanks for sharing.

You have no idea how many, many, many, many times your blogs have inspired this grandmother (that's me). I've wanted to tell you that more times than you know, but didn't know how since your comments were turned off. Just keep writing and I'll keep reading and being inspired. -Megan-

I LOVE this sweater!!!! If I wasn't already doing a blanket for my SIL, I would use this yarn for this sweater! It looks fantastic. It seems that when a person is having a boy, they get more of a variety of clothing. But a girl, everything is PINK! Now I like pink and Baby Girl LOVES it, but it's nice to mix it up a bit.

The sweater is beautiful! The mother-to-be is going to be pleased that it's not girly pink, and yet, it's still girly. Good job!

So cute! If only I can make something like this, I'd give it to my soon to be niece.

That sweater turned out so well - and so quick, too! You are knitter extraordinaire.

I hate being one of those obnoxious, condescending know-it-alls who give advice (and I promise I won't make a habit of it, since I have very little advice to give on any subject!), but can I suggest that even though the yarn is machine dryable, you tell the new mom just to lay it flat to dry anyway? I made a lot of baby sweaters for my boys, and no matter how machine-dryable the yarns were, I found drying them that way really took a toll. Because a baby will spit up on it a thousand times, it will need a lot of washing. It's just such a cute little jacket, and you worked hard on it and did an amazing job. I SO hate to think of it being wrecked in the dryer!

That is a supremely cute sweater, lady. Now that you have the sweater mojo goin' on, when might you knit one for yourself?? Or a stylin' California shrug? You can do it!
I am finally making myself a shrug with yarn I got at Rhinebeck last year. Did all my math and pattern planning etc only to find that there is a pattern on Ravelry almost identical to what I was planning (Hug Me Shrug by Julia Mueller... http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/hug-me-shrug )!! What a maroon I am!

That is a super-cute sweater, I love the buttons.

Thanks for bringing back the comments. You bring out the best in me and sometimes I just want to say something nice. Your snaps under buttons idea, judging from things my daughter, mother of Sarah, age 9 months, has said, is really really really good.

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