Mom's Version of a Hooded Baby Sweater

Just so you are not misguided into believing my trip home was all gloom and doom, here's a quick photo of a happy hooded baby sweater Mom had in her and Dad's home.

Mom's hooded baby sweater

With its pleasant mellow yellow colour, its tiny little hood and the pom poms it is almost too cute for words. The bobble stitch that creates the bodice and picot edging at the bottom, help to lighten up the feel of the sweater. The copy for the pattern I found stated it was from McCall's Needlework and Crafts, Spring 1979 but it looks current to me as a miniature baby hoodie. I think this potential outcome has motivated me to see what I can find out there on the web that might look similar and make it up ASAP.

By the way, there was plenty of time to knit as Mom and I sat in the hospital with Dad. We were like the mother/daughter twin set of knitting in his room. Doctors and nurses commented about how nice it is that we both enjoy the same type of past time. And as you can see below, I was able to make much of a second kimono sweater in green. It will be bordered with a variegated yarn of light blue, green and white. And since I'm now into the spider webs, I am going to add a few to this version.

My green kimono sweater

Knitting again proved to me how wonderful it is to help fill time, calm one down and help to give one a sense of productivity all at the same time. A trifecta of good things.

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