FO: Little Red

I've been knitting very steadily on this, and trying to get it done in a reasonable time frame.  I'm not a quick knitter, and I'm sure it wouldn't have taken two months for someone faster, but that was pretty great for me!

Myra models her cape for you.  Check out that pointed toe!  My little ballerina...

Here is the side view.  It is really a very simple design.  The body is stockinette stitch with garter stitch borders.  The hood shaping is done with bar increases and k2tog decreases.  None of that was new to me, but the hood is seamed with a 3 needle bind off, which baffled my brain for some time.  Knitting still isn't intuitive to me the way that sewing is. Once I wrapped my brain around how to do it, it was pretty simple, although holding three needles was a little unwieldy.

I knitted the pattern (Little Red by Erika Floury) pretty faithfully, except for adding an extra inch to the hood piece to accommodate Myra's big melon.  As you can see, that was just enough.  I love the little pointy tip of the hood.  Pardon the peanut butter face.  She loves that stuff.

Myra likes her cape, and has been wearing it around the house.  I'm glad I got it finished this early - I still have time for a dress and pinny for Halloween!