Baby Sweaters!

So many babies lately! Baby Caleb (Troy+Becky) was born right before Christmas and Baby Dominick (Andrea+Ricky) was born just before New Year's.

   

It was a good thing I was trying to get all my knitting projects before the New Year (new, bigger, non-knitting project on the horizon!), because one of these babies came early!

For baby Caleb, I nixed the idea of combining Packers and Vikings (a little too complicated) and went with a simple Notre Dame jacket. The special touch is the shamrock applique, which is SO CUTE!!! They also got a simpler Golden Dome hat ... I didn't have the patience to do the brim fanciness.









Baby Dominick got the real prize. Ricky is a huge LSU fan, and his nursery is completely decked out.








Of course I went with a Letterman Jacket (I can practically do this pattern in my sleep now).



Oh, it looks like an ordinary sweater in the LSU colors, right?


Wait WHAT!?!?!?!

I took the LSU logo and gridded it up!




This was so complicated, but I came out so good!







I had to have so many balls of the same color, or else the back would have been even crazier! Also, this was a great time to learn to weave in ends correctly!

I really liked doing this more complicated pattern, and there MAY be another Domer baby headed someone's way soon (not me, keep your panties on people). Maybe a little leprechaun?