An end to baby knits... for now

And for the latest mystery project reveal, I give you: the Baby Boy Sleep Sack. I was keeping it secret because it's a surprise gift, but then I realized neither of the parents-to-be are likely to check here before I see them next to give it to them anyway.

This is my first official garment/sweater (I suppose socks might count as garments to someone somewhere) and I enjoyed watching the little sleeves form from the raglan increases, but man was there a lot of plain stockinette stitch in all one color for this. I knew that going in and I even made it longer than the pattern specified just for some extra kick room and the possibility that it might fit a baby for longer, but whew! I think if I hadn't been aiming to have it done before he was born I might not have even noticed it, but it felt like it took forever while I was worried that I wouldn't finish in time. Turns out I was finished with plenty of time to spare since he hasn't made his appearance yet.

I knit this with Plymouth Yarn Baby Bunny and it is lovely and soft, but I am a little worried about the Angora in it. It's machine washable and I ran it through a delicate cycle before adding the finishing touches and noticed that it did generate a bit of a halo and some fuzzballs, but hopefully those were mostly worked out in the first wash and the parents-to-be won't be concerned. (It's hard to find anything for a baby that someone somewhere isn't ranting against these days.) But it feels squishy and warm and made a lovely fabric, so I do like the yarn overall and it seems like it was a good fit for this project.

And this marks the end of my knitting for him for a bit. Unless his parents request something else. Or if I can't resist making a little matching hat from all of the leftover yarn. Well, this marks the end of my ambitious phase of knitting for the nephew anyway.