i can’t even tell you when i started this. a year ago? just one little shape, and a border, and then a few more stitches picked up. the technique belongs to the incredible debbie new, specifically the bordering technique: three rows or rounds of garter. one to pick up stitches, one to increase and decrease to fit your shape, one to bind off.
when it got big enough (or there were enough pieces of it) to require some decision-making, i began pinning it to a large pink vest that our vietnamese produce vendor, judy, had given me in a bag of hand-me-downs when claudia was a baby. i would pin pieces to various points, and then fill in the path between them.
claudia has become more and more averse to the wearing of wool. “it scratchy!” … but, she let me put her in this over street clothes and she went out for treats at the coffee shop, and errands, without complaint. i am pleased!
it was kinda hard to pick just a few photos of this, so here are more if you need them.
