Here’s the finished Ballet Wrap top I’ve been working on from Zoe Mellor’s book, Adorable Knits for Tots (or is it Knits for Adorable Tots? something like that…) Anyway, it came out much nicer than I had been anticipating, mainly because the yarn is a miracle fiber. Baby Cashmerino is soft and blocks like a dream. When I took the pieces off the needles, they were curling up something fierce and I was worried that I would never be able to make them lie flat. I didn’t need to worry. With a couple puffs of steam, those pieces were flat as pancakes!

One thing I would have done differently, is trust my instinct and not do the decreases as specified. All decreases were supposed to be k2 tog, which is fine for one side of the garment, but didn’t create quite as nice a slope on the other side. Oh well. Live and learn

In a perfect world, I also might have reconfigured the sleeves to be drop-shouldered instead of the hybrid thing I described in a previous post. I don’t think it would have affected the fit significantly and it would have been much easier to sew together.

It fits Claire just perfectly. What a relief! I was worried that I had procrastinated with this for too long and that she would never be able to wear it. It looks large enough to keep her cozy for at least the next couple of months. I’ll post a photo of her modeling it soon (she was too groggy to cooperate with that task this morning).