Sweaters for the New Baby

The baby shower for my soon-to-be first nephew was a few weeks ago. (Due date in June, and he'll be named after my dad, which I think is incredibly sweet.)

My mom and I knit, of course. This will be the first boy in our family in this generation. He already has a big sister and four female cousins, so everything has to be very boyish. (Click for big!)

From me: This cable sweater is from Interweave Knits, Spring 2004 (the one with the pink Marilyn on the cover). Yarn is Cool Wool 2000, a superwash merino that I loved working with and was great for doing cables. I made the 12 mo size (hoping that I would get something close to 18 mo from gauge, but it didn't relax as much as the swatch did) and used just 4 balls. My mom ordered the yarn, and I'm making another sweater in the same yarn, different color. I'm told it also makes great socks.

From my mom: This darling fair isle is from an old Dale book; I'll try to get the stats on that one. It was knit in Lang Bebe (just like the purple sweater with the cow buttons), which is superwash, too, and very soft.

(Yes, the white stuff is snow. In April. It didn't snow too much and it didn't stick very much -- typcial of spring snow. We did get two storms in April with appreciable snow, but it never lasts long and it makes things as green as they can get in Colorado.)

And of course, you can't forget the buttons! Bears and fish, 'cause they were just so perfect.

I think that's it for today. Gotta string out the fodder that I've got. (That and I don't have my camera, so some of those promised photos don't exist yet!) Commenting should be fixed soon; I need a little expert help on that.