Little Red

When I was organising my yarn stash back in February I discovered I had quite a few balls of red wool.  This pattern immediately jumped into my mind and I cast on straight away.  Then I realised I had no idea whether we were having a girl or not and it got set aside.  Once we discovered little Squishy was a Miss I jumped back onto it.

Pattern: Little Red by Erika Flory
Wool: Moda Vera Marvel Plain 8ply
Needles: 5mm

This cape is so adorable I am a bit bummed because the smallest size was 18 months so Miss Squishy will not be wearing it for a little while.  Hopefully by next winter I will be able to get away with dressing her in it.

I did have a little bit of a mishap in the making of this cape.  When it came to joining the hood the pattern said to use the three needle bind off which I had never done.  So smart little old me decided to look up a tutorial on youtube.  I watched and it looked pretty straight forward.  Except.....I didn't properly listen to the first instruction to hold right sides together.  I therefore held the wrong sides together resulting in a sort of ridge on the top of the hood.  But you know what, I kind of like it! I can't wait for Miss Squishy to wear it.