Rylie Modeling her Wallaby!

 
 Here is Rylie modeling her new Wonderful Wallaby. It fits her perfectly.

Rylie's Wonderful Wallaby is Finished!

 
 
 I have had such trouble with this sweater and I blame it on the yarn. I will not be using cotton yarn again for this type of sweater. I have ripped this out so many times finally just starting all over in January. The Knitpicks Shine Worsted Yarn is incredibly soft but shows every mistake especially in the joins. I did learn how to avoid jogs in the striping and I really improved my kitchener sticher stitch joining at the hood. I really love this pattern but the yarn just wasn't loving it. I made Evan's Wallably in the same yarn but in a sport weight. Rylie's is a size 12 and maybe the larger size was just too ambitious. Anyway, it is done and looks good on Rylie. It fits her! I am off to knit with anything wool for my next project.

Embroidered Sweater

 
 
 My first try with Knitting Software. I downloaded a free trial version of Knitware Sweater Software to see if I could do this. I chose a cheaper yarn because I really had no idea how it would pan out. I used Fiesta Red Heart Acrylic purcharsed at Walmart. I took my grandaughter's measurements and plugged them into the software. It spit out a pattern and I began to knit. I really came out big and the hood was huge. As you can see Rylie can still wear this sweater today and it was knit for her at age three. I also tried something new in embroidery. I downloaded a free graphic of cute animals (hippo and butterfly). I used regular embroidery thread with all the plys intact on a yarn needle. I just went in a running over and under stich on each knit stitch horizontally until the colors were filled in. It looks OK, but next time I'm just going for the old tried and true duplicate stitch for embellishment. It's a lot easier.