Just finished the "cutie patootie" kimono style baby sweater last night. I am in love with the watery blue-green debbie bliss cotton angora yarns and the shiny, perfectly matching shell buttons I found. I actually started this project many, many months ago when Max was just about six months old. I thought I could finish it before he was nine months, ha ha ha! Knitting anything takes forever when you only do it an hour here and there once a week. I ended up forgetting about it for a while (I do that with knit projects which is why I need to have more than one going at a time) and then when I finally picked it up again, and had finished the all the pieces, I read the finishing details..which are crochet! I crocheted once, a long, long time ago and have no memory for it, let alone the ability to even read a crochet pattern. Fortunately Sonya, my machine knitting teacher, was kind enough to give me a quick private lesson so I could complete this sweater. Thank you Sonya! I went a little nutty part way through the pattern and lengthened the sleeves, thinking this would be a good idea for my giant baby. Alas it was not a great idea, so I won't be doing that ever again. My proportions are all wacky now with a long arm and short waist look. Oh well. It actually fits Max right this second. Today may be his only wearing?! I've started the hat too because I think I have just enough yarn to finish it, may as well eh? But defiantly not doing all those weird i cords.