Monday Check-In: my niece is adorable. oh, and a completed assignment, too.

First of all, thank you to Ashley at Lil Blue Boo for yet another awesome Dharma Trading Challenge.  It was the Great Knit Upcycle and I entered my Little Boy Boxer Briefs made from old tees. 

I was honored to be one of the finalists, but due to Ashley wanting things to be anonymous, never mentioned it here.  I didn’t want that to be construed as me not being appreciative to Ashley, Dharma Trading, or any of the awesome judges, so here is my thank you: Thank you so much!  And congratulations to the winners.  Check them out here. Super cute stuff!

Okay, let’s talk assignments.   Here is what I was actually working on getting from my brain into real life for my little niece:


I decided, all unilaterally and stuff, to make it this past lessons’ assignment, too.  But in case you think I was cheating, I actually did make two slightly different jackets. The first was just practice:  a too-big, but usable version, which my son didn’t really appreciate

So I gave it to Christie’s sweet little Miss B, who wears it much better anyway.   I used the attaching collar with a full facing on it.

The actual jacket for the birthday girl was completed literally hours before the party.   I ditched the facings entirely this time, in favor having it fully lined.

And I have to say, I’m pretty darned happy with it.

We tried to get pictures at the party, but the model just wasn’t having it

     
I’m guessing in part because she really wanted to wear this ridiculously adorable shrug my other sister knit her
 
  
I mean really!

But her mother did get a few shots of her later for me

And even though she doesn’t say much [intelligibly], I think Josie’s happy with it.   

They’re not going to be perfect, but if you want them, I’ll have the jacket and beret pattern PDFs and tutorials up in the next couple of days. Thanks to my not bothering to get measurements from an actual one-year old, I even have two sizes: 1T and 2T.  Again, not perfect, because I made them, but they’re free so maybe you can make them work for you.  Or at least laugh at my attempts at toddler fashion.  I’m good either way.

And seriously?  Love this little girl.