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Sunday, August 8, 2010

Finished: Butterfly Shrug

So, my dear little five-year-old daughter has been in love with my Creature Comforts Cardi since she saw me making it, and asked--no, begged!--for one of her own. But, you know, pink and with butterflies. And in her size of course. Happily, I had just under three skeins of Knit Picks Swish DK in Petal left over from her little girl Bella Mittens [Ravelry project page link], so I measured her and found a beautiful butterfly cable motif in one of my new knitting reference books and made this for her:








Other than the size and cable motif, I also modified the collar a bit--you can hardly see it in the photos because her hair covers it, but I did a little bitty shawl collar. I think if I were to do it over again, I would make the shawl collar a little bigger, but it's still cute as-is.

4 comments:

  1. That is adorable! So stinkin cute. Love it! Must not show my (almost) five year old girl...

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  2. so sweet - you girls will match! And your daughter is quite the model...

    cheers,
    Daisy

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  3. She must LOVE it and NEVER take it off!!!!!
    LOVE it...again beautiful work!
    AM

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  4. i just loved!!!
    congratulations both :D

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