Baby Gi
My first baby sweater ever came off the needles this weekend! The expecting couple are both karate students, so it only made sense to try making a little karate gi:
![Baby Gi ©Shireen Nadir 2012](https://thebluebrick.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/img_9206.jpg?w=1078)
I used the Baby Garter Stitch Kimono pattern. The yarn is something I picked up in Boston from deep within the stash, but I remember that it was a super soft super wash merino. I used only about 2/3s of the ball for the infant sized pattern.
![IMG_0149](https://thebluebrick.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/img_0149.jpg?w=1078)
I read reviews from a few folks who found it to be a dull knit – but I loved it. I knitted most of it while waiting in line for rides at Canada’s wonderland, and this mindless portable little project was perfect.
![IMG_9209](https://thebluebrick.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/img_9209.jpg?w=1078)
The trim is from precious leftover Viola sock yarn. It occurred to me as I was knitting the sleeves that I was
- Knitting in the round on dpns
- Knitting using 3mm needles and sock yarn
- Successfully picking up stitches.
So of course I thought, ‘perhaps it’s time to brave a sock?’. Just think, how much more of a super deadly kninja I could be if I mastered dpns…
![IMG_9211](https://thebluebrick.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/img_9211.jpg?w=1078)
Because it’s meant to look like a baby karate uniform I opted for ties instead of buttons, but otherwise made no alternations to the pattern. A little teddy in place of the crest finished off the look. I gave it to them yesterday, they loved it :)
Ravelry project page here.