After finishing the baby blanket for my sister, I had to put my energy towards knitting baby things for a couple of friends who were due within a couple months of each other. My friend Katy is really into forests and fairies, so I wanted to make her a baby sweater that invoked those ideas. I settled on the Baby Yours sweater by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee and published by Blue Moon Fiber Arts. It was a relatively easy knit, mostly moss stitch with a cable up the middle of the back and front. The only thing that tripped me up was that the centimeter measurements were listed before the inch measurements, so I just need to make sure I read the correct instructions as I went (or really, just measure the sweater in centimeters instead of inches, which is mostly what I did).
Picking out buttons was slightly difficult because I wanted something that went really well with the pattern. I picked up some ivy leaf buttons and some acorns. I tested out how well each of the button designs would fit through the buttonholes I made. The ivy leaves had three pointy bits, which made it difficult to get through the holes. At first, the acorns didn’t seem to fit, but with a little coaxing I got them through. They looked so cute and really matched the feel of the sweater.