Preemie burial gown

Recipient: St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto
Designer: Terry Kimbrough
Pattern: Burial Gown to Knit
Source: The Care Wear Pattern and Information Site
Completed: March 31, 2005
Colours: White
Yarn: Zellers acrylic, worsted weight
Completed status: Given May 28, 2005
Pictures:

front (I put a decorative button on the bodice because the knitting was noticeably loose around that area and it didn't look too good)

back

2005-Jun-6

I completely forgot to mention last week that I was able to hand this over to my friend who works at St. Mike's. (She came to DD's birthday party.) It was greatly appreciated and I am sure it will be distributed appropriately.

2005-Apr-1

Done! All seams are sewn, all ends are darned in, all buttons are on. I shall have to call up my friend who works at St. Mike's and use my need to hand over the gown to her as an excuse for us to have lunch. :)

2005-Mar-31

I was hoping to get this finished last night so I could cross it off my list. I did get the sleeve seams sewn together, and the sleeves sewn into the armholes. But when I went to find the pattern so I could be sure of how to finish the rest of it, I couldn't find it! And I hunted, lemme tell you. I went through many piles of paper around the house. I scoured the Internet (where I originally found the pattern), using every search term I could think of that was in this pattern. No luck. Finally this morning as DD was finishing her breakfast, I realised that in all my hunting, I hadn't found any of the other preemie patterns in my possession, either. Hmmm. Then I started to remember that a while back, I'd grouped all my preemie patterns together and put them in a new compartment in my binder of baby patterns (which, incidentally, I had already searched, in the 'dresses', 'ensembles' and 'miscellaneous' sections). Back I went to the binder, and voilà - there was a preemie section right at the front of the book, and in that section was the pattern. Triumph. I hope to finish sewing it tonight. I only hope I have some buttons that will suit.