February Baby Sweater and WIP

So the FBS is finished. It has been finished for few days but it's still blocking. It's ok, I think I will only properly appreciate it when it is on a baby, not on a foam mat :-) It was a nice and easy project, although the sleeves were a bit of a headache. But it's finished so that's all that matters.

Picture will be posted as soon as it's blocked and dried.

I have been working on something else. Pink Rose Pullover (PRP) will have to wait now as I realised I actually need something that will fit the baby as soon as it is born, not months later. PRP was designed bit bigger so I decided to leave it for now and work on something smaller.

The working title is The Wraparound. I'm using nice thick aran weight yarn, cream color. It will not be too girly, I'm aiming for something that could be worn by both, boys and girls, something, that will be easy to accessorise/customize.
For some reason my gauge is 4st/1", instead of 5st/1", something that I expected from an aran weight. But it's ok, it's not tight or too stiff, it feels just fine. So I will leave it for now.
I've been playing with the design, I want to keep it simple but I will include some twisted stitches and the travelling stitch.

So the swatches have been done, I actually casted on the real thing last night but due to miscalculations I had to rip it out in the morning. I'm going to start on it again now, hopefully it will work out this time. This is something I actually enjoy, the suspense, the "drama". Not knowing if the design (that works very well in my head) will work in reality as well. And when I find out that it does work, the feeling is just great. I don't mind ripping it out as long as it is a small-ish project, I can't really imagine feeling this way about an adult-sized garment though :-)

So back to work now. Here is a swatch for you :-)