Hexagon Baby Sweater

A few weeks ago, I ran across a hexagon baby sweater on someone's blog. Needless to say I was intrigued. I followed the link to the YouTube video and watched a lady crochet as she spoke Portugese describing what she was doing. I had no chance of understanding the spoken language, but I could understand the hook language. So after watching all 4 parts several times, I started my own.

After joining the hexagons, this is what I had. One hexagon is made with one less round than the other. They are joined at the center back working the last round on the smaller one and joining it to the larger one simultaneously. I was skeptical, but it really worked.

An amorphous blob.

With some careful folding, much like Zimmermann's knitted BSJ, it became this:

After adding a collar and trimming, I have a cute sweater:

I did a different trim than shown on the video. Next time I think I might do the ribbing on the bottom as well. Now I just need to add a hat and booties to it for a cute set.

I need to measure it to see what size it is. I think it may need fewer rounds next time and more worked on the bottom and center front like the BSJ. I also would like to try a more solid version as this one will not keep baby very warm in cold climates.

As I was getting ready to post, I discovered that there are entries at crochetville.org also. This link will take you to one.

More quilts

Our "Caring for Cooper group" learned this week that Cooper Hospital in Camden is expecting 3 sets of triplets soon. One set has already made their arrival. I'm trying to get some quilts made. I still have many of the tops left from January, but most remaining sets are gender-specific. So, I made a new non-specific set pictured above. It's red, white and blue with cute sheep and stars. All from stash (aged for at least a few years)! Another 6 yds. gone! Yeah! The other picture is a scrap quilt. The pieced blocks are the "trimmings" from the January quilt tops. I simply sewed them together, then cut blocks. The extra squares are leftovers from my sons' curtains and a remnant piece. Although it's not very big, it's one of my favorite!