And a Whole Lot of Pink for Her

I finally decided what to do with all of that rosebud pink yarn!

I had been going back and forth for months. At various points it was going to be a dress, longies, yet another pilot cap, a simple sweater, a more complicated sweater, a soaker, you name it. And it still might be some of those things, because I have a bit left. But the bulk of it went into this poncho.

This is the Fiber Trends Baby Poncho by Bev Galeskas. I bought this pattern when Galen was a baby and never got around to making it. Or more accurately, never had enough yarn combinations that I liked for making it. It requires a lot of yarn and every time I priced it out, I deemed it too much money to spend on one little baby project. Which is exactly why it was the perfect project just now, because I already had heaps of this yarn all ready to be used.

~this end-of-laugh, just-catching-my-breath face makes me smile!~

The pattern is actually designed for 4 different colors, but I kind of felt like that was too much. I mean it has so, so much texture already, lots of color on top of that just felt like over kill. So I did a simpler two-toned version.

I like the little buttons at the wrists, but the hood is my very favorite part!