Surprise Sweater!

and I couldn't be happier! Now I wonder if it will fit? This weight
yarn and needle combination produced a toddler sized sweater. Do you
think that worsted yarn on 8's or so would make a sweater for a 5 or 6
year old? Has anyone made the adult version? It was so much fun! I
didn't know 'where' I was on the sweater until the button holes.

http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...62000453IYVoxe

joan, a newcomer to this forum

joan8904 wrote:
and I couldn't be happier! Now I wonder if it will fit? This weight
yarn and needle combination produced a toddler sized sweater. Do you
think that worsted yarn on 8's or so would make a sweater for a 5 or 6
year old? Has anyone made the adult version? It was so much fun! I
didn't know 'where' I was on the sweater until the button holes.

I have no idea, but I looked at what I could find about that pattern on
the internet and had a stroke of genius -- I discovered that what it is
is a basically a bog coat. I made a little paper bog coat and taped it
together, then I cut the top sleeve and shoulder line open and ended up
with exactly what that piece of knitting looks like before it's
assembled. Pretty amazing, that. (I ordered the pattern.)

--
Every job is a self-portrait of the person who does it. Autograph your
work with excellence.

joan8904 wrote:
and I couldn't be happier! Now I wonder if it will fit? This weight
yarn and needle combination produced a toddler sized sweater. Do you
think that worsted yarn on 8's or so would make a sweater for a 5 or 6
year old? Has anyone made the adult version? It was so much fun! I
didn't know 'where' I was on the sweater until the button holes.

http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...62000453IYVoxe

joan, a newcomer to this forum

Great job....love the colors!

Donna

"joan8904" wrote in message
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and I couldn't be happier! Now I wonder if it will fit? This weight
yarn and needle combination produced a toddler sized sweater. Do you
think that worsted yarn on 8's or so would make a sweater for a 5 or 6
year old? Has anyone made the adult version? It was so much fun! I
didn't know 'where' I was on the sweater until the button holes.

http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...62000453IYVoxe

joan, a newcomer to this forum

Very cute, Joan! I love the colors!

lisa

On Jun 8, 7:55 am, joan8904 wrote:
and I couldn't be happier! Now I wonder if it will fit? This weight
yarn and needle combination produced a toddler sized sweater. Do you
think that worsted yarn on 8's or so would make a sweater for a 5 or 6
year old? Has anyone made the adult version? It was so much fun! I
didn't know 'where' I was on the sweater until the button holes.

http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...62000453IYVoxe

joan, a newcomer to this forum

Welcome, Joan. Great job on the sweater. I remember my first one - for
the
entire time I was knitting it, I thought that someone was playing a
cruel joke
on me.

Higs,
Katherine

I love the colours! I had never seen a sweater like that before. Is there
a URL where the pattern is, please?

*hugs*
Gemini

"Katherine" wrote in message
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On Jun 8, 7:55 am, joan8904 wrote:
and I couldn't be happier! Now I wonder if it will fit? This weight
yarn and needle combination produced a toddler sized sweater. Do you
think that worsted yarn on 8's or so would make a sweater for a 5 or 6
year old? Has anyone made the adult version? It was so much fun! I
didn't know 'where' I was on the sweater until the button holes.

http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...62000453IYVoxe

joan, a newcomer to this forum

Welcome, Joan. Great job on the sweater. I remember my first one - for
the
entire time I was knitting it, I thought that someone was playing a
cruel joke
on me.

Higs,
Katherine

On Jun 9, 5:09 pm, "Not Likely" notinthislifetime@yougottabejoking
wrote:
I love the colours! I had never seen a sweater like that before. Is there
a URL where the pattern is, please?

Hi Gemini,

This is Elizabeth Zimmerman's Baby Surprise Jacket.
It can be found in her Knitting Workshop book:
http://www.amazon.com/Elizabeth-Zimm.../dp/0942018001
I imagine it's probably available at a local library.

Or you can buy just that particular pattern if you like:
http://www.loopyarn.com/detail.aspx?ID=555

VP

"Vintage Purls" wrote in message
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On Jun 9, 5:09 pm, "Not Likely" notinthislifetime@yougottabejoking
wrote:
I love the colours! I had never seen a sweater like that before. Is
there
a URL where the pattern is, please?

Hi Gemini,

This is Elizabeth Zimmerman's Baby Surprise Jacket.
It can be found in her Knitting Workshop book:
http://www.amazon.com/Elizabeth-Zimm.../dp/0942018001
I imagine it's probably available at a local library.

Or you can buy just that particular pattern if you like:
http://www.loopyarn.com/detail.aspx?ID=555

VP

Hi VP,

Thank you for the urls. I will look into it a bit further. However, I just
finished snooping around the internet and found pictures of the Surprise
Sweater on what looks like circular needles. If this is the only way it can
be made, then I'm out of luck. I don't hold my needles the usual way. I
hold the right one in the crease of my leg at my hip joint, and the left one
firmly in my left hand. This lets circular knitting and knitting with
double-pointed needles out of my grasp, otherwise things could get very
messed up... not to mention painful with those double-pointed needles. LOL

Oh well... it is a cute sweater, and I'm sure someone else who *can* use
circulars can use the information on where to find the pattern. It kind of
reminds me of a sweater I knit years ago from a pattern I found in a
magazine (Woman's Day, I think... or McCalls) that is done in one piece in
stripes of different colours. You start at the bottom of the front (or
back... your decision when it's finished), knit up to the sleeves where you
cast on stitches for the sleeves, continue on up to the shoulders where you
cast off so many stitches in the center for the neck then add them back on
in the next row and continue with the same number of rows you just did for
the rest of the sleeve, then you cast off the sleeves in the next row(s) and
finish up the bottom part of the sweater. You're finished the sweater with
only the side seams and underarms to sew... and you can make a belt to go
with it if you want. It was *very* colourful... a little too colourful for
my particular liking, but my best friend loved it... so it was hers! ;o)

Thank you again for the urls.

*hugs*
Gemini

On Jun 9, 6:16 pm, "Not Likely" notinthislifetime@yougottabejoking
wrote:
I don't hold my needles the usual way. I
hold the right one in the crease of my leg at my hip joint, and the left one
firmly in my left hand.

I'm trying to picture this. I think this may be similar to the way my
dad knit. He had to sit on the floor, one needle upright held between
his legs, the other held at right-angles in his hand. It worked for
him (though he knit to prove he could rather than to produce anything)
and your way works for you so that's all that counts.

:-)

VP

Not Likely wrote:
"Vintage Purls" wrote in message
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On Jun 9, 5:09 pm, "Not Likely" notinthislifetime@yougottabejoking
wrote:
I love the colours! I had never seen a sweater like that before. Is
there
a URL where the pattern is, please?
Hi Gemini,

This is Elizabeth Zimmerman's Baby Surprise Jacket.
It can be found in her Knitting Workshop book:
http://www.amazon.com/Elizabeth-Zimm.../dp/0942018001
I imagine it's probably available at a local library.

Or you can buy just that particular pattern if you like:
http://www.loopyarn.com/detail.aspx?ID=555

VP

Hi VP,

Thank you for the urls. I will look into it a bit further. However, I just
finished snooping around the internet and found pictures of the Surprise
Sweater on what looks like circular needles. If this is the only way it can
be made, then I'm out of luck. I don't hold my needles the usual way. I
hold the right one in the crease of my leg at my hip joint, and the left one
firmly in my left hand. This lets circular knitting and knitting with
double-pointed needles out of my grasp, otherwise things could get very
messed up... not to mention painful with those double-pointed needles. LOL

Oh well... it is a cute sweater, and I'm sure someone else who *can* use
circulars can use the information on where to find the pattern. It kind of
reminds me of a sweater I knit years ago from a pattern I found in a
magazine (Woman's Day, I think... or McCalls) that is done in one piece in
stripes of different colours. You start at the bottom of the front (or
back... your decision when it's finished), knit up to the sleeves where you
cast on stitches for the sleeves, continue on up to the shoulders where you
cast off so many stitches in the center for the neck then add them back on
in the next row and continue with the same number of rows you just did for
the rest of the sleeve, then you cast off the sleeves in the next row(s) and
finish up the bottom part of the sweater. You're finished the sweater with
only the side seams and underarms to sew... and you can make a belt to go
with it if you want. It was *very* colourful... a little too colourful for
my particular liking, but my best friend loved it... so it was hers! ;o)

Thank you again for the urls.

*hugs*
Gemini

You could knit it on straight needles, it's just that there's a lot of
stitches and they'd be smooshed up. It's knit back and forth, not in the
round.

sue