Olivewood Garter Stitch Cardigan

It's been such a cold weekend in Adelaide - perfect for snuggling up and keeping warm and doing some craft with my helper kittens. I finished making this baby cardigan which i started knitting on 21-04-2012 using some lovely hand-dyed silk/merino blend wool that I bought from "Purl Soho" in New York. It is the most beautiful soft wool to work with, plus I love the colours. The pattern I used was "garter stitch cardigan" from "Simple knits for cherished babies" by Erika Knight. I made the 3-6month size, which took 2 skeins of the yarn (I have 1 skein remaining). I had to learn a new technique (picking up and knitting stitches) to make the borders on the sleeves and the band for the buttons. I found a very useful YouTube tutorial by KnitPicks which helped me figure out how to do this. I'm very happy with how it turned out. It's well worth spending the extra money buying gorgeous hand-dyed wool when you end up with a unique handmade garment at the end :-)