{"id":3002,"date":"2011-08-08T11:27:30","date_gmt":"2011-08-08T11:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/?p=3002"},"modified":"2011-08-08T11:27:35","modified_gmt":"2011-08-08T11:27:35","slug":"fo-baby-surprise-jacket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/?p=3002","title":{"rendered":"FO: Baby Surprise Jacket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week &#8211; at the eleventh hour &#8211; I busted out an emergency Baby Surprise Jacket in time for the imminent arrival of Mark&#8217;s wee nephew, Ben.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=3007\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3007\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3007\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=3007\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/BSJ.jpg?fit=950%2C516\" data-orig-size=\"950,516\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"BSJ\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/BSJ.jpg?fit=950%2C516\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3007\" title=\"BSJ\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/BSJ.jpg?resize=950%2C516\" alt=\"\" width=\"950\" height=\"516\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Knitting this made me remember everything that is good and true and wholesome and wondrous and restorative about <em>knitting<\/em>, and I am jazzed about knitting in a way I can&#8217;t remember having felt for months, and I have already ordered yarn for my DECO cardigan!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=3003\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3003\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3003\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=3003\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/BJ-detail.jpg?fit=950%2C576\" data-orig-size=\"950,576\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"BJ-detail\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/BJ-detail.jpg?fit=950%2C576\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3003\" title=\"BJ-detail\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/BJ-detail.jpg?resize=950%2C576\" alt=\"\" width=\"950\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Baby Surprise Jacket is a triumph of design, and Zimmerman is a genius. I love the simplicity of the garter stitch, the back and forth straight knitting, the pleasingly-placed increases and decreases, and the always delightful finale when your strangely-shaped little bit of work is magically transformed into a jacket via a couple of nifty folds. There&#8217;s a video here which shows the process perfectly; it really is a very clever pattern.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ujyJs1GKl-s\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"425\" height=\"349\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I knit Ben&#8217;s BSJ on the plane to Belfast, on the train to Gatwick, and in the evenings on the sofa. We didn&#8217;t know until 8am on Sunday morning that the new arrival to the clan would be a boy, and so the buttons were sewn on in the car on the way to the hospital.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=3006\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3006\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3006\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=3006\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/buttons.jpg?fit=950%2C632\" data-orig-size=\"950,632\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"buttons\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/buttons.jpg?fit=950%2C632\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3006\" title=\"buttons\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/buttons.jpg?resize=950%2C632\" alt=\"\" width=\"950\" height=\"632\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The colourway &#8211; which is called Robin &#8211; was dyed by the fantastically talented Jeni at <a title=\"Fyberspates\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fyberspates.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fyberspates<\/a>. I hope it will keep Ben warm this Winter. The BSJ is a little on the big side now, as Ben is still super <small>tiny<\/small> and when we saw him yesterday (aged 11 hrs) he hadn&#8217;t fully uncurled from the wee seedling pose assumed by the very newly born.<\/p>\n<p>Specs:<\/p>\n<p>Pattern design: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.schoolhousepress.com\/spunout.htm\" title=\"Baby Surprise Jacket - Elizabeth Zimmerman\" target=\"_blank\">Baby Surprise Jacket<\/a> by the redoubtable Elizabeth Zimmerman<br \/>\nYarn: I think it&#8217;s dk scrumptious, dyed in Robin colourway, by the talented Jeni at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fyberspates.co.uk\" title=\"Fyberspates\" target=\"_blank\">Fyberspates<\/a><br \/>\nNeedles: 3mm knitpicks interchangeables<br \/>\nRavelled: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/projects\/Felix\/baby-surprise-jacket-3\" title=\"Baby Surprise Jacket on Ravelry\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;of swift baby knitting, non-pink, non-blue baby knits, and a new arrival in the extended family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3009,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[674,657],"tags":[2773,2771,2772,3146,1004],"class_list":["post-3002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-clothes","category-knitting","tag-baby","tag-baby-surprise-jacket","tag-family","tag-knitting","tag-love"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pmise-Mq","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/buttons1.jpg?fit=950%2C632","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3002"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3011,"href":"http:\/\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3002\/revisions\/3011"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thedomesticsoundscape.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}