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Finally finished something!

Posted on | November 16, 2007 | 11 Comments

The Dragon Skin Wrap is all done and ready to be mailed off to its recipient, my college friend’s 2-month-new baby daughter.

The stats are:

Size: 22″ chest circumference, sized for 3-12 months.
Yarn: 3 + a quarter of a 4th ball of Filatura di Crosa Zara in pale pink (color 2502)
Needle: Size 7 (ball band calls for size 4-6 for a gauge of 23 sts/31 rows per 4″x4″)

The yarn is a little lighter than the Kollage Yummy that Angela used for the sample so I went up a needle size — especially since the stitch pattern was a little dense from all the shaping that constructs the lovely scales. In fact, when I was knitting it, I was worried that it would be a little stiff; but I figured that since it’s for a very young baby, any size would do, even if it turned out slightly smaller than the published dimensions. To my happy surprise, blocking softened it quite a bit, making it drapier (and larger!) and now it’s actually between the small and medium sizes — great from a utility standpoint. With utility in mind, I didn’t sew in the snap closure that I bought for the wrap, but will include it in my package to my friends so that they can decide where best to put it or whether to put it in at all.

I think my friends will be thrilled with this wrap. It’s a very cute baby design (and more importantly, fun to knit!) — a little different than the usual baby staples I’ve seen in pattern books and works equally well for boys as well as girls. I’m already trying to think if I have any friends with boy babies for a blue wrap!

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