Knitting Dragonflies

Back to my same theme, who doesn’t love Elizabeth Zimmermann?? Her baby Surprise jacket ( rav link )  is the evolution of several patterns. From what I can piece together, that pattern is the result of her playing around with the basic idea for a bit. I see that she made the Baby Garter-stitch Jacket: The Prequel, which is published in Wool Gathering #61, sept 99. A very nice simple baby jacket. I also found the Surplice Jacket, ( rav link ) published in Woolgathering #50 . I also found the Tomtem jacket ( rav link ), which has a hood, and I love this addition to the pattern. Although this pattern was written for a child, I decided to give it a go, and try to make it for a baby present! Yarn:I settled on some Organic Cotton, I had knitted a small project with this and fell in love with it. It just keeps getting softer and nicer. I also wanted a color that wasn’t a baby color, and finally decided on this one called “spice”. I fearlessly cast on, knit about 6 rows and realize

Frogged my toe up socks, couldn't figure out where i was in the pattern and started some generic socks using the two circular needle method. ---------- Sent from AT&T's Wireless network using Mobile Email

Time to put the zipper into my baby jacket! I’m planning on hand stitching it in. So I’m off to find some good zipper tutorials…I find they fall into two methods, using the sewing machine and hand sewn in.  I ran across all kinds of interesting ideas. Hand Sewn insertion links… Beat Knitting has a great zipper tutorial that also tells me how to measure for my zipper and shorter it if necessary. Splityarn uses blocking wires to help with the zipper insertion ! Lobolita shows us how to put a zipper in using a crocheted steek !! Getting Stitched on the farm ’s tutorial reminds us to wash and block first!!! I go to search for some videos, I find Eunny Jang with a great zipper tutorial , using a latch hook device called a knit picker, which makes the zipper into a knittable item to incorporate into the sweater! Pauline Designs shows how to use the knit picker to knit the zipper into the sweater in one step!! Machine insertion links… Pickin and throwin has a method that covers e