We had a great time at The Pumpkin Patch last weekend and partied with some parent friends. Square dancing, all-you-can-eat barbecued corn and toddlers in face paint. It was a really good time and after much deliberation, we even came home with some pumpkins.
Back at home, the evidence that seseme is now a toddler is mounting. Oh, it’s mostly a joy but when I see her climbing up onto the dining room table, I miss the days when she’d stay put on a blanket on the floor.
Her sweater is finished and she actually got to wear it. If you look closely you can see that it’s dirty because not only did I let her wear it, I also let her (gasp) eat in it. I love it and it looks really cute on her though that’s nearly impossible to photograph. It’s the Toddler Tunic by Staci Perry (ravelry) and all I changed was to lengthen the seed stitch areas at the edges and I added some 
flowers using scrap yarn from this stash.
I knit the sweater with recycled yarn from a huge J. Crew cotton sweater that I found at the bins. It was such a huge sweater that I could probably knit myself a matching sweater but I’m not that kind of mom. The yarn was really annoying to knit with because it’s a bunch of tiny threads that aren’t plied together. Several times I came across a spot where a few strands were broken but I just ignored it and kept knitting. I’m sure that if I throw it in the washer, some of those ends will start to poke out but she’s only going to be able to wear it for this one season so I think it’ll be okay.
I love that sweater!
Beautiful pictures, I also love the sweater!