Jacket with Seed Stitch Bands

This past week I finally finished knitting my first sweater, a project I have been working on for over a year. I made the baby sweater for one of my little cousins. With foresight I chose to make the largest size; hopefully it will fit. If not, there are many other younger cousins it could go to.

Here is the finished product:

The pattern, which I borrowed from Ann, is Debbie Bliss' "jacket with seed stitch bands" from her Baby Knit Patterns. I would have finished a week or so ago but I needed to buy and sew on the buttons. Not only has this been my first sweater experience, it's also been my first buttoning experience! Overall, I think it worked out pretty well, though I have no intentions of making another sweater, even such a small one, anytime soon. Hopefully my other baby cousins don't get jealous.

Unfortunately, I don't have any babies nearby to try on the sweater to see how it looks on a real person. However, I did try it on myself. It was a little snug.

I've since started a cabled hat, though if I don't finish that in the next week (or get my own set of size 7 double-pointed needles), that project will have to go on hiatus for the summer.