Finished the christening dress for my niece's baby

[China_cat]

Sorry the picture isn't better.

[Bjornsdotter]

1. Amazing

....just beautiful.

Cheers

[Whoa_Nelly]

2. Truly an heirloom piece!

Beautiful and sweet.

Wonderful work, China_cat!

[China_cat]

3. This is the shawl I did that goes with it.

If you can see, the bottom portion of the dress is the border pattern of the shawl. I'm working now on the cap and booties.

[Whoa_Nelly]

10. Absolute treasures!

So delicate and beautiful!

[lisa58]

4. Absolutely gorgeous....

....how long did it take (so far)?

[China_cat]

5. Including the shawl, a lot less than I thought it would.

Since about the middle of June. Two months? Or thereabouts. And there's less than a week to go to finish the cap and booties. The baby's not due until November so that gives me lots of time to make even more stuff. I've got patterns for knitted onesies, bibs and burp clothes, booties (including ones that look like duck feet), sleepers and all kinds of other things. The baby is a girl so I finally get to do a lot of frilly, pretty things. I only had sons and I haven't had a chance to do girl things since my niece was expected...24 years ago.

[MaineDem]

6. Truly beautiful!

Amazing work.

[Longhorn]

7. I meant to comment the other day but I was at work.

Your work is absolutely beautiful! :)

[knitter4democracy]

8. That's a state fair winner right there.

I hope you enter it next year. It's gorgeous!

[China_cat]

9. Won't be able to.

Our fair isn't until October. This is going to my niece's baby shower in Sept.