Finished Object No. 7: MDK Baby Kimono

This baby sweater is so simple (yet brilliant) to knit. If you put your mind to it, you can knit it up in a weekend, which includes the seaming. The challenging part for me was figuring out how to attach the ribbon ties. After weeks of hemming and hawing, I just carefully hand stitched them on.

Pattern: Mason Dixon Knitting by Ann Shayne/Kay Gardiner, Baby Kimono
Yarn: Filatura di Crosa Porto Cervo
Needles: Addi Turbo Size 6 (7? I forget.)
Other Materials: 1 yard of pink ribbon, embroidery floss for attaching ribbon, sewing needle, Dritz Fray Check

Notes

I used mattress stitch for the arm seams and an invisible vertical seam (for garter stitch) for the side seams. My side seams ROCK. You can't even tell it is a seam. It just looks like part of the garter stitch. I should have taken a picture of the side seams to show you.

As I mentioned above, I stressed over how I was going to attach the ribbon ties to the sweater. I used some DMC embroidery floss and hand stitched it all. It looks great!

One thing I found at Joann one day is this product called Fray Check by Dritz. You can find this stuff in the sewing notions area. I think I paid $2-3. I applied a thin line to the ends of my ribbon to prevent it from fraying. It really works.