The Buga Baby Bunting is my favorite of the fall 2010 Spud and Chloe knitting patterns. The baby in the picture looks so happy surrounded by soft and warm Outer yarn, honestly, I just want one for myself. And where so many buntings are rectangles with neck openings, The Buga Baby Bunting has shaping that makes it look like a real garment.
Fortunately, I have a newborn in my life to knit for, my friend’s granddaughter, Ruby. (Not that I wouldn’t have made it without a recipient in mind; someone’s always having a baby.) And I couldn’t wait to knit with Rocket, one of the three new colors of Outer yarn.
This was a much quicker knit than I expected. I brought it home the night before my day off and it was finished the next night. I didn’t follow the pattern exactly. I used a 3-needle bind off instead of kitchener stitch to attach the hood to the body. And I didn’t make ears, because I thought it was cute enough without them. It turned out so well that the Buga Baby Bunting definitely gets moved up higher on my list of go-to baby gifts.
It wasn’t until I sat down to write this post that I realized something was wrong. I won’t tell you what it is, but I made a mistake. I don’t need to rip it out; it still functions. But I didn’t follow the directions correctly. So maybe that’s a lesson that not only is OK to make mistakes, but that everything can still work out in the end.
I’m going to see Ruby for the first time this week. Hopefully, she’ll like it!
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Ruby’s a lucky little girl:) Love it. What mistake? I don’t see a thing.
Had to comment. The idea of you wanting one of those in your size is almost as cute as the bunting itself! (Except in this 101F heat.) Good wishes, Cristina
Thanks, Susan! If you don’t see my mistake, then I know it’s OK.
I’d have to really crank the a/c if I had a bunting off my own, but I’d do it! Good to hear from you, Cristina.
Do you think that we could make slits in the front so that we could slip our hands out to knit? (BTW, Loving that color!)
Yes, we could use EZ’s after-thought heel technique for armholes!