| Jeff's manager, Rick, had a daughter born in early August to him and his wife, Lisa. Of course, I had to knit. They knew months beforehand that she was going to be a girl, so I had to knit accordingly. I was getting pretty sick of ballerina pink, so it had to be another color. I found a pattern in the Spring 2004 issue of the online knitting magazine Knitty that was a warm orange, grassy green, plum purple, and ruby red. Not pink. The pattern was called "Anouk." Around the same time I found it, it seemed that a lot of other people were finding it, and knitting it at the same time I was. Kinda cool. | 
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| It's a pinafore, meant to be worn sort of like a jumper over a shirt. The purple boxes on the front are pockets, knitted in intarsia style. The right shoulder strap is connected to the back, but the left side is detachable using a wooden button. The sides are connected by two tabs, one on each side, which are attached to the back and connect to the front using wooden buttons. The tabs have two buttonholes and are adjustable. Unfortunately, I measured the gauge incorrectly (don't ask) for the skirt part, so it is a bit small. I increased the needle size once around the waist, and increased it again for the bodice. Amazingly enough, it seems to work.
The yarn was a pleasure to work with. It was Cascade Pima Tencel, which is 50% Peruvian cotton, 50% Tencel. For those of you who don't know (don't feel dumb, I didn't know either), Tencel is the brand name for a fiber known as lyocell. Lyocell was developed in the Netherlands and is derived from the cellulose found in wood. How exhilarating! Anyway, the yarn was very soft yet the colors were bright. It had a luster to it that made me want to touch it all the time. I'd love to use it again. | 
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| You can see the sides of the pinafore here, in this picture. --> | 
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| The button shoulder is seen here, with my pasty white hand. --> | 
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| Yes, folks, it is a pocket. | 
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| Yeah, okay, I didn't take this photo on the right. I'm not a professional photographer, nor do I have infants at my disposal who can model for me. But I thought the designer's photo did the pattern (and the yarn) much more justice than my sorry-ass digital photos. | 
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