My crazy Project

So, I saw this pattern for a knit Skaters Coat in a book I was flipping through at Joann. That's the kind of coat with the hood and little skirt that you see all the girls in the "olden times" pictures wearing as they're ice skating around the pond. Anyway I always wanted one when I was a kid, but they don't sell ice skating things in the middle of the desert...go fig!
Anyway I became obsessed with the coat, wanting to make one for Kit; because I knew she would be too cute in it. So, I got the book and the yarn and needles and stuff for my birthday and jumped right in.

Then fell on my face. Silly me I didn't look to see that the coat had the instructions for an adult size. Eh, I'll just tweak it so it'll fit, no problem. Silly me, I didn't look to see that the knitting level on the coat was EXPERT!!!! um, let me remind you that I started knitting the end of June. This was the end of September, a mere three months from when I found out how to hold the dang things, let alone create something with a consistent look. hehehe

I had to restart three or four times adjusting and readjusting my size tweaking. A month later, I am a LOT better at knitting, and this is what I ended up with:

It's got puffy sleeves (yes, it's supposed to have them).



The skirt is a little short. I forgot to take into account her Uber-torso, so the waist is higher than it should be making the skirt shorter.



But the hood is cute, and she actually wears it!
 Which is what counts.

It looks pretty cute on Tristan too!

 So, it turned out to be about a 3T-4T size, but I'm glad of how it turned out.