New Zimmermaniac

Hello,

I;ve only been knitting for a couple of months, and have been looking for some exciting but simple designs, as quite a lot of the things I have seen around are a bit too 'trendy' and complicated for my liking.

I stumbled across Elizabeth Zimmermann's work when I spotted this baby surprise jacket on Brooklyn Tweed's blog a little while ago, and determined to find out how to make this magical little jacket for a friend of mine who is due her first baby in December.

After much investigating I finally bought the Opinionated Knitter - note to Schoolhouse Press in case you read this blog - not many of your books by Elizabeth Zimmermann are easily available in the UK - for example, only Knitting without tears and the Knitter's almanac are listed as in print on Amazon.co.uk. It would be much appreciated if they were ...

After rushing to the post office, I sat down and cast on all my stitches - and a week later this was the result:



I was a little disconcerted to say the least, but I trusted the pattern, and folded accordingly - and, ta dah!



(apologies for the rubbish picture quality - I was in a rush)

This is only a trial run in nasty acrylic, so I can work out how much yarn I need etc., but I am pretty pleased with the result. I'm off to the knitwiki now for hints and tips before I go yarn shopping!