I want to thank jinxnit55 for her inspiration! She knit this darling Presto Chango design and posted it, and I loved it so much I knit one, too! I was searching for another baby sweater that was unusual, the this one is the absolute best because of the center panels! You can knit a different design for the center panel, or you can knit additional designs for the center panel. The sweater itself is rather plain. The center panels really dress it up! Thanks jinxknit55!
So here is my version. I knit 3 center panels. The one that comes with the design, a leaf pattern. And 2 additional center panels just because I had the yarn, and knitting a extra panel takes just an hour or so.
Here is the sweater with it’s additional panels. I used Rowan ‘Calmer’ cotton blend. This pattern stitch is called Nosegays. I found it in The Knitting Stitch Bible (available on Amazon).
Eyelet Hearts pattern, found in the Vogue Knitting Stitchionary Book 1 (available on Amazon).
The leafy design included in pattern:
These buttons don’t slip out of the buttonholes because of the irregular edge of the daisy.
My Ravelry Notes The entire ensemble (in smallest size) used only 350 yds. I used a smaller needle than ‘gauge’ because I wanted it to be newborn size, not 6 mo. Interestingly, my row gauge stayed true.
This is such an adorable pattern and your version is wonderful. The front panels are fun and practical and I love the patterns you’ve chosen. Very pretty indeed!
This is going to be my ALL-TIME FAVORITE baby sweater from now on, and mainly because of it’s unisex versatility! For a boy, a knitter could use intarsia technique to knit a white sailboat into a dark bright blue center panel, or balloons into a yellow panel, etc! I really had FUN knitting this brilliant little design!
I am in awe! The knitting is impeccable, as always. I love the Nosegay, it’s fun to include a different stitch pattern.
A stitch pattern that bears resemblance to this one is the Crazy Maypole.I would think they could be used in the same project :think: Stitch patterns are just so much fun.
Thanks for the link to the Crazy Maple, Claire!
I found another similar pattern stitch on that great website, too! The Briar Rose.
That Knittingfool website has an excellent pattern stitch library, and it’s very easy to navigate…alphabetically, or by pattern stitch width.
So I bookmarked her website for sure. Plus, I saved Crazy Maple and Briar Rose pdf’s to my Android device, then uploaded them into my Google Drive! Sweet!
Beautiful and very practical. Those sneaky newborns always try to spit up just after they have been changed. At least one mom will get to win this battle
I love the Briar Rose How did you find it? The Knittingfool.com website was re-designed earlier in the year; similar stitch designs used to be grouped together in the ‘Stitch Gallery’.
Grouping by the number of stitches in a pattern repeat is an excellent design tool! The majority of the swatches are knitted by Elaine - can you imagine being familiar with so many stitch patterns?
When I was looking at the Crazy Maple a note popped up that said ‘BriarnRose stitch is similar’. So then I typed ‘Briar Rose’ into the pattern search on her website. Voila! There it was. Also found it under the ‘B’ in pattern search as they are alphabetized.
How did you find it? The 