EZ's February Baby Sweater

What could signal the arrival of spring better than a sweet little baby sweater nestled among the violas? This is my first experience knitting Elizabeth Zimmermann's "Baby Sweater on Two Needles, Practically Seamless" from Knitter's Almanac (and if you don't have a copy of this little book jammed with patterns and hints and spirit, you need to seriously reconsider your priorities--dudes, it's less than $10 and the perfect size for reading in bed). Before I stop digressing, I want to register a complaint about the name of this sweater. Every time someone asked me what I was knitting, I'd have to say the whole dang thing and follow up with "you know, the February entry in Knitter's Almanac." SO tiresome.

At any rate, I used handpainted superwash sock yarn from Heidi Parra at The Artful Ewe. Size 3 needles and about 275 yards resulted in a nice medium-baby sized sweater.

And I was feeling very pleased with myself that I had knit up one of the 28 potential pairs of socks that are lurking around. Very pleased, that is, until this hank of Socks That Rock followed me home today:

It's one of their Raven series, subtle deep colors that don't photograph well.

I guess the universe is always striving for balance.

Comments

[KarenJoSeattle]

You could just refer to it as the EZ February baby sweater like I've heard others call it.

I have some yarn from Heidi waiting for the right project, too. Unfortunately, it's not machine washable much less superwash. I think it'll be scarf or small shawl.

[Anne]

Only 28?? I would have thought you were much further along...

[Diann Lippman]

Way back when EZ wrote a column for Vogue Knitting, this was featured as the Best Baby Sweater (I think that's right). Gull Stitch lace, garter bodice?

[Thalia]

The sweater is adorable (especially with the flowers!), and I have been eyeing the Raven-series yarns for quite some time (despite my "yarn diet"). I love the subtle variations on black.

[Sherill]

This is a comment on your previous post. I went grey (actually almost white) last year, one of the best things I ever did. No more worry about the grey part showing, timing visits to the salon, while spending $60-plus a month. I've found I have to wear bright colors or I look like a ghost, so quite a few beige things went to the Salvation Army. Go for it!