FO: Baby Cabolero

Here it is, my unintentional stealth knit, the very cute-n-compact Baby Bolero from Leigh Radford's One Skein, knit with just under the advertised one skein of Blue Sky Alpaca's organic cotton in Sand. I love this yarn. It's so soft and so smooshy- perfect for baby goods. Which is why I return to this yarn choice again and again for baby gear. If only the good people at Blue Sky thought to somehow infuse this yarn with "baby smell" ahead of time, it would be perfect. He he. But, all in due time. The recipient of this sweater will be with is in just a couple months!

This little sweater is for my friend C's baby, who I cannot wait to meet. It is also named after C, in a play on words sort of way. I may make a little hat or a pair of mittens to go with it, I haven't quite decided yet. We'll see how the rest of my on-the-needles inventory gets worked on and worked though in the next couple of months. Is it really Fall already? Who can believe this? Here's a shot of the back of the sweater.

I enjoyed knitting this sweater quite a lot, even though (or because?) it went so fast I almost didn't have time to blink, and also because I thought about C and imagined what her first baby girl will be like as I knitted. She will be very cute and fashion savvy, no doubt, like her mommy. I only wish they still lived in L.A. and not the BK. But ah, that's what planes are for. :) Don't you just want to pet this?

Besides my little photo shoot, we had a pretty mellow weekend, for the first time in several weeks. We've been much more social in the last few weekends than we're used to, so I was glad to be home for a change. Besides lunch with a friend on Saturday, we stayed around the house, careful to not exert too much energy. I think even Dakota was relieved to be home this weekend.

PS: No sooner did I come across a couple of potentially scrumptious fig recipes, when I discovered (MUCH to my dismay) that the figs seems to have all but disappeared from my tree! Okay, there are a few that I might be able to save, but it's not lookin' good. Wouldn't you know it? Grr...