BSJ: Baby Surprise Jacket

The Baby Surprise Jacket (BSJ) is a famous pattern by knitter Elizabeth Zimmermann. It's really great because the only seams to sew are the two shoulder/sleeve seams at the top. This design is pure engineering genius and requires some origami-type folding at the end. This one is made with Patons Kroy Socks Jacquards yarn in the hip hop colorway (3 skeins, although there's some left of the last. A hat, maybe??). The edging is a heather gray Red Heart Super Saver, only because it happend to be close by and looked like it would make a nice finished edge. The buttons are years old. Thank you stash! And now for the real surprise...this is done with CROCHET! Yes, this is a crocheted BSJ! I pretty much followed the EZ pattern using single crochet and skipping the knit only rows. I think I ended up with about 60 rows. Although I can crochet other baby sweaters faster, I do like this one and will make more. I'm already planning my next one. ☺