At Last, a Finished Object

I've finally finished the Checkered Heart baby pullover sweater! I had started this well over a year ago, put it down (without any notes about what the pattern was or where I was in it) as usual. I hate that I do this but I never seem to learn my lesson. I always put projects down with the intention that I will get right back to it. Good intentions but bad knitting practice. The pattern is a blending of two pullovers in Little Badger Knitwear, but with a twist. I change the yarn used to fingering instead of what the patterns actually call for to "size down" the sweater for my needs. I started this with the birth of my first grandchild, Jack.
His father is British and I wanted to knit a Union Jack sweater. The only pattern I could find was in a Debbie Bliss book, Nautical Knits For Kids, but it was a pattern for a child, not a newborn. Since it was my first intarsia pattern, I didn't want to attempt it without some assurance that I could size it down. I emailed Debbie Bliss, who was most gracious and replied back that, yes, I could indeed use fingering yarn (and appropriate needle size) to size down the pattern and it worked. It came out exactly like I wanted. I'd show a pic but I don't have one of it. I hope my daughter kept the sweater, though. She does like to through things away.
Anyway, for this latest sweater I used a the skull and cross bone sweater pattern that I had previously knit in Rowan CashCotton 4 Ply for my Granddaughter Mia. Unfortunately, I took the picture of this in the summer and Mia, poor thing, wanted it off!
Since I liked how the pattern and yarn worked, I repeated the pattern again with different colors of the same yarn and a different intarsia chart. I adapted the heart chart for another sweater to a checkered heart. Why, you ask? Well, I not really a cutsie heart loving kind of gal. The only heart jewelry I own is a handcrafted heart necklace from local "sister" crafters who live in Santa Barbara. Uncharacteristically, I fell in love with one of their "heart" pieces.

So, I made a new chart and finally finished the sweater. This will be for Annabel because only Annabel will fit in it now, thanks to my procrastination
(sigh).
I do like how it turned out and I can't wait to visit and see how it fits!

To my readers: I apologize for the placement for my picture placements. I just can't seem to get Blogger to do what I want.