Here is the sweater I made for my niece. I knitted it out of Cascade Etoile in color Iris — very soft: 70% kid mohair and 30% acrylic, 164 yds/50 gm. Probably similar to Kidsilk Haze but bigger. The gauge on the label is 5 sts/inch on a US 7. I used a size 6 to get 5.5 sts/in.Â
 
Here is the pattern. It is a bolero style from Sirdar. I made a size 4 because everything I have ever bought her is too small. I hope she’ll get to wear this some day! I love the picot edging, but I would have done it differently if I had had time to think. They picked up the edges after knitting each piece and then did a picot bind off — I would have done a picot cast on and saved a step. The pattern shows the collar in 1×1 ribbing, but I changed it to reverse st st due to LACK OF TIME!
 
It looks very different in the yarn I chose but I think it turned out pretty cute.
Pretty darn cute, indeed. You and your sister are such talented and versatile knitters.
Comment by Karen B. — August 30, 2006 @ 2:22 am
Very cute, I like your version a lot! : )
Comment by limedragon :-: Harriet — August 30, 2006 @ 6:23 am
Awwwwwww, so cute!
Comment by Wendy — August 30, 2006 @ 6:54 am
It looks so soft! Very cute.
Comment by Wendy in VA — August 30, 2006 @ 8:04 am
Yours is much MUCH lovelier than the pattern! (Baby doll excluded, of course.) ~Linda in Virginia
Comment by VTLinda — August 30, 2006 @ 2:18 pm
Looks just lovely. Does she have blue eyes?
Comment by Wendy M. — August 31, 2006 @ 5:42 am