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Saturday, January 8, 2011

Needlework: Mint Green Baby Sweater and Feather and Fan Afghan

My favorite sweater pattern once again, this time in mint green along with a soft and comfy "feather and fan" pattern baby afghan. You can find the sweater pattern in the Columbia Minerva Book 766 "Beautiful Baby Book", Infants to Four Years on amazon.com . The pattern is "Jack Frost".
I don't recall where I found the afghan pattern as it is hand written inside one of my pattern books. Perhaps this will tempt you to pick up those knitting needles!  
FEATHER AND FAN AFGHAN
Five 4 oz. skeins of knitting worsted
size 10 1/2 circular needles
Cast on 154 sts. K 6 rows
Start pattern:
Row 1: K5, K2 tog four times *(YO, K1) eight times; K2 tog. eight times
Repeat from * across to within 13 sts from the end. K2 tog four times, K5
Row 2: K5, purl across, K5
Row 3: K across
Row 4: K5, purl across, K5
Repeat these four rows for 5 skeins, leaving enough yarn to end with 6 knit rows. It is helpful to use a marker for side borders.
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16 comments:

  1. jamfiescreations1January 9, 2011 at 5:20 PM

    Oh goodness, this set is just gorgeous. I love the color aswell.

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  2. LaJanuary 10, 2011 at 11:40 AM

    I love mint green for babies. The sweater and blanket are simply precious. La

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  3. Ashley MarieJanuary 10, 2011 at 7:32 PM

    I've always wanted to make baby clothes! After buying all the stuff for it, does it save money as opposed to just buying them though?

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  4. JillJanuary 11, 2011 at 5:09 PM

    What a beautiful little baby set!

    Thanks for linking to A Round Tuit. Hope you have a lovely week.

    Jill @ Creating my way to Success
    http://www.jembellish.blogspot.com/

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  5. momsthewordJanuary 12, 2011 at 12:33 AM

    Very pretty, I love the mint green! Thanks for linking up to Making Your Home Sing Monday!

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  6. Sweet T Makes ThreeJanuary 12, 2011 at 10:00 AM

    Beautiful! wish I could knit. Crochet will have to do for now. :)
    New blog hop follower
    Sweet T Makes Three

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  7. Mom2furJanuary 12, 2011 at 4:04 PM

    This is lovely. I'm not much of a knitter, but I'm going to bookmark this and give it a try in the future. Thank you!

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  8. NikkiJanuary 12, 2011 at 8:12 PM

    Thats gorgeous! As a fellow knitter I'm ashamed to admit that at 5 months pregnant I haven't knit a single thing for this baby!!!!!! For shame, for shame. Thanks for giving me some inspiration :)

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  9. AmeeJanuary 13, 2011 at 9:25 PM

    Hi, I followed you on Google Friends.

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  10. Crafts a la ModeJanuary 14, 2011 at 2:03 AM

    Love your header. It's wonderful to see some flowers with all this snow we have!! Take care, Linda

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  11. UnknownJanuary 14, 2011 at 3:33 AM

    so pretty!!! Green is a great color, too!

    I'm hopping by from the Hop Along Blog Hop!! I hope you can visit my blog. We had a fun week this week!
    http://kabersblog.blogspot.com/2011/01/shoe-prints-foam-and-cake.html

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  12. AlisaJanuary 14, 2011 at 11:19 AM

    Beautiful! I love the blanket. I've had some baby yarn sitting here just waiting to be made into something. I think I just found what! Thanks for sharing.

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  13. Ashlee MarieJanuary 17, 2011 at 3:56 AM

    gorgeous, as always! Way to go. Thanks for linking up to Topsy Turvy Tuesdays!

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  14. The TablescaperJanuary 17, 2011 at 10:37 PM

    Oh so cosy. Love the fan stitch

    - The Tablescaper

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  15. Roz | La Bella Vita CucinaJanuary 19, 2011 at 8:24 PM

    Just precious! I love the color too! Thanks for sharing last week on Fresh Clean and Pure Friday too!

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  16. Holly LefevreJanuary 20, 2011 at 1:19 AM

    Great color - one of my favorites! I do love homemade baby goodies!

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