baby stuff is cute

I think I'm pretty much over the sinking carrot cake.  I still feel a little twinge every time I look at it, but then I eat a piece and it's tasty and I feel better.

Plus, I constantly reassure myself that there are some things I do reasonably well. :)

Onward and upward! 

Last month, some friends of mine welcomed their first child into the world, a baby girl.  For those of you who don't know me, I have three nephews, so baby girls are almost completely unfamiliar to me.  I got really excited to knit baby girl stuff (of course, I don't actually knit things for my nephews so it's not like I was overloaded on boy stuff either.  Basically, I wanted an excuse to make a little dress.  Also, I should confess that I pretty much only made socks when I lived in Boston so baby girls born during that time got shafted.  I'm not proud). 

While out and about a few weeks ago in Howell I purchased a magazine with an adorable baby dress pattern and some fantastic cranberry yarn (yes, I'm saying cranberry instead of hot pink.  Cranberry is for babies, hot pink is for flamingos.  Don't try to understand my thought processes).

This is the dress in the magazine (sized for a 2 year old):

a photo of a photo, hence the glare.  The magazine is

debbie bliss spring/summer 2010 and the dress is

"Sun Dress"

This is the dress I made (sized for a 6 month old):

I know, the top looks teeny tiny, but I followed the directions 

and I swear that's what it's meant to look like.

Also, the color is much better in person. A photographer I'm not.

Clearly, I didn't completely follow the directions:  I knit the thing in the round (as sewing is for suckers), I obviously used different yarn that what was called for (I used Berroco Comfort DK) and I added a little ribbon to the pocket because I thought it gave it a little something extra.  

For the record: any dress with a pocket is automatically 24% cuter than a dress without one.  It's science, and you can't argue with science.