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A Knitted Sweater for Baby

By Nancymccarroll
There is a niece in the family who is ALL THINGS BRONCO. 
A Knitted Sweater for Baby
Not only is she a Bronco fan, but she is also in her third trimester of pregnancy with a BOY.
Bronco colors of orange and blue are pretty common in Colorado, home of the Broncos, but not so much elsewhere.  You would not think it so difficult to find orange and blue yarn, but it was.  I found some sock yarn from the Stray Cat Etsy store and it came in a cute orange box with a cat on it.
 
A Knitted Sweater for BabyThat baby boy, Jackson, will need a sweater next winter, so this pattern was the one chosen; got busy knitting with that self striping yarn from Stray Cat in New Zealand.
Accessories include grosgrain ribbon and buttons in coordinating colors:
A Knitted Sweater for BabyUsing the ribbon both behind the buttons on the button band and behind the button holes makes the knitted fabric more sturdy, stabilizing the buttons.
 This video explains in detail how to apply the ribbon.  It is on Vimeo, courtesy of Jasmin and Gigi of the Knitmore Girls.

Visual Featurette- Grosgrain Ribbon Tutorial from Jasmin & Gigi on Vimeo.
A Knitted Sweater for BabyThe top buttons, the ones that you actually see when looking at the garment buttoned up, are orange.
And the buttons on the bottom of the orange buttons, making the top buttons more secure, are blue:
 A Knitted Sweater for Baby Finished! A Knitted Sweater for Baby Enjoy, Baby Jackson, due June 5! Linking to Finished Objects Friday

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