Little Boy Blue

Today I got to meet our friends’ new baby boy, KW. He is super-adorable. He wowed us with his wide-eyed gaze and chubby cheeks. He seems very alert and wiggly for a 6-week-old.

I had knit him a sweater a few months back, with matching socks. KW didn’t seem very impressed but his parents loved the stripe pattern and the red zipper. This is Elizabeth Zimmermann’s “Baby Surprise Jacket.” It’s fun to knit and makes such a tidy, classic little sweater with a minimum of seaming, always a plus. I had just barely enough yarn left over to knit a pair of opposite-color socks.