Tuesday, June 09, 2009

Surprise!

(now there's an original post title - I'm sure anyone's who's knit this has said the same thing...)


Whatever - the Baby Surprise Jacket is complete. I bought the yarn on Tuesday night, started the sweater Wednesday, and finished it Sunday night while I watched the Tony Awards. ( Man, I love Broadway...) Monday, I went to Fabricland, got buttons, sewed them on and sewed the seams, and done! Well in advance of the 25th (the last day of school around here). Now all I have to do is wrap it (and the other teacher gift), make a couple of cards, and I'm done for another year.

My son picked out the buttons - he figured that if an infant saw bumblebees early, maybe they wouldn't scare him/her later on. Hard to fight with that kind of logic. Plus, they're just too darn cute!

5 comments:

AlisonH said...

Oh, that's wonderful. A cute sweater and a wonderful son who's thinking of things from a little one's point of view in order to protect them from fear. Cool.

Anonymous said...

That is a very cool jacket. Love that you went out to buy the yarn too. Oh, the irony of us stashers!!!

Brenda said...

Wow! Your FO speed puts me to shame. Cute little jacket. A 'one of a kind' for the teacher.

Sel and Poivre said...

Reading your post I just realized this June - for the first time in more than a dozen years I don't have to produce a single teacher gift! (Although I must admit I never gave anyone anything as fab as that little sweater!

Saren Johnson said...

That jacket is so cute!