The Baby Made Me Do It
Look what fell into my shopping bag on a recent trip to Madison (and a follow up online shopping trip to Webs). Yep, it's a riot of color in Baby Ull (superwash merino yarn by Dalegarn). Whenever I visit Madison, my good friend Judy gets me all inspired by multicolored knitting. She has a baby 3 months older than Ms. Z and on our visit we set off to Lakeside Fibers (a very cool yarn store with it's own coffee shop in the back), wherein we perused the Dale of Norway baby garment pattern books. 
One little sweater, the Zebra Striper (above) caused me to lose all control and buy up as much Baby Ull as I could find. (And the pattern book, too, which is Dale of Norway, Favorite Baby Designs Nr. 8101) Of course, they didn't have all the colors I needed, so I had to browse around the web to find the rest of what I needed. And then, after I got to Webs, it seemed a waste of all that shipping money to buy just 3 skeins of Baby Ull, so I bought enough to do the sweater, dress, hat and socks in the 2 year old size (I may be crazy, but at least I am realistic about finishing times) . I figure anything worth doing is worth doing in a somewhat obsessive compulsive manner, and if I am going to try out two color knitting, I might as well go for it. This little garment set seemed like a good start -- all the pieces have some two color components, but none of the garments is entirely two color. And the dress and had have this sweet lace edge trim on them. And I'll be honest, something about the look on the face of the baby in the photo really melted my heart. She reminds me a little of my own baby, I guess, and the idea of seeing Z in something so precious knit by me inspired everything else. It's hard to feel quite as grey in the face of such lovely bright colors, so, for that reason too, it was the perfect shot in the arm against that midwinter blues that seem to have grabbed me pretty hard this winter.
So, crazy or not, here I come! Baby's going to have some new socks soon (the socks only go up to a 12 month size and it seems like it would be easier to make a pair of socks than to swatch in the round for the project).
hah, I can't wait to see that being worked on!
I love Dale of Norway baby garments... actually the adult stuff is great too! Enjoy knitting those items, they will be wonderful for next year.
I love Dale patterns for children. The best thing is that apparently Norwegian children are quite tall as my average size 5 year old has just grown out of a Dale dress that I made in the 2 year old size (it was adorably long on her at age 2 1/2). Hmmm that reminds me - I need to stock up on Baby ull.
LOVE IT! If you can't go crazy with color when it comes to your baby - who can you go crazy with?
ENJOY!
Yup, pretty crazy. Cute project, though!
Very fun colors and pattern. I made a Dal dress for my friends baby and now she's wearing it over jeans as a tunic. Very stylish.
Wow all those colours look amazing. I love the way the zebra pattern is very trendy and modern yet done with the old Norwegian technique.
I think I'll put that on my wish list for my Miss T. I think it is a good idea to knit this in size 2, by then babies don't grow so fast and she may be able to wear from next Feb until she is nearly 3.
I think my new motto is going to be, "Anything worth doing is worth doing in an obsessive compulsive manner." I'm already living it, why not make it a theme?
Yes, I love "Anything worth doing is worth doing in an obsessive compulsive manner!" I may have to adopt that as my motto, also.
You're going to love it! I'm making a Baby Dale Sweater and I don't even have a baby! That's even crazier. Just thinking ahead, but you need to take her to a photographer for this one.
That is some of my favorite baby yarn, and that outfit is super-cute!
I love the zebra stripes too! I might have to keep my eye out for a Dale pattern book like that - and some Baby Ull.
You are definitely not crazy! At least you are smart enough to plan for the long completion time, though this is cute enough that you'll probably finish it much earlier than that. It looks like fun.
Kids, eh! Nice haul of yarn though and I'm sure little Z. will appreciate it (she has good taste in yarn, as we've seen).
Dale always gets me with their adorable babies, too. They're a good choice for two-color starters, because the patterns are interesting enough to keep you interested, and the charts are always clear and fun.
Good luck!
--Kristine
Lucky Miss Z! That's a beautiful outfit.