Recently in Sideways Baby Jacket Category
I've made a few changes to Liesel. Having looked through all the finished projects on Ravelry, and reading comments and emails, it warranted some revisions. No, nothing's wrong with the pattern! I adjusted the time it took to knit it, edited the chart (a different purl symbol), changed a stitch (s2kpo in place of sk2po; the new stitch creates a more symmetrical decrease), added stitch counts to each row in the written instructions, and finally adjusted the knitting level to Advanced Beginner. If you have any thoughts on the pattern, please let me know in the pattern post's comments. Thank you!
Pattern: Garnstudio "Sideways" Baby Jacket
Yarn: Dale of Norway Heilo (50g; 100m; 100% Norwegian Wool) in 0020 Cream and 0007 Grey
Needles: US3
This was knit for a baby whose presence most readers are probably aware of. It's hard to imagine Julia knocked up (look at this picture of her and her twin sister, hee hee) but she really is! And she'll give birth to little MOW soon. I can't wait to see the baby when we return to the US!
I knit the jacket in its entirety while we were staying at the municipal campground. We were there for two weeks, plenty of time to start and finish a baby item, and what with the rainy days, I had no excuse! The garter stitch was a breeze. The short rows provided all the magic. For the sleeves, I did a provisional cast-on and did a three-needle cast-off on the right side, so there's a pretty chain row showing. Buttons were purchased from a shop, and that was that.
In Julia's parcel along with Phildar's Doudous, Crochet & Tricot book I included one of my husband's sketches of the Notre-Dame de Consolation chapel in Pierrelongue. It's a fairly prominent building; drive around the corner and bam, there it is in your face. I live for those left-hand corners, and those days when the sun breaks through the clouds.
Erected in 1428 by Louis Adhémar, it was both a keep and a chapel. About 475 years later another chapel and a stairway was built, with a crypt consecrated to St. Joseph that is now a religious art museum. The monumental statue of the Virgin was a gift from the Duchess of Uzès in 1907. As in most European villages, churches are the first thing you see, rising from the earth into the sky. This cathedral, with its Madonna holding the Christ child up in celebration, is something to behold.
