Four tips for knitting the Baby Surprise Jacket by Elizabeth Zimmermann. The BSJ is a timeless and very popular pattern, which begins as a blob of fabric and folds into a beautiful, cute baby jacket! I've given four tips for knitting the baby surprise jacket, so you can enjoy this knit as much as it should be enjoyed.

//CHAPTERS
0:00 Introduction
0:35 Tip 1: Ravelry Wiki
1:36 Tip 2: Paper Prototype
2:08 Tip 3: Waste Yarn Center 90
2:31 Tip 4: Keep Stitch Markers

//FIND ME
instagram:   / katharineknits  
ravelry: https://www.ravelry.com/projects/katk...

//OTHER BSJ VIDEOS
VLOG:    • BABY SURPRISE JACKET VLOG: story of k...  
Knitting the centre 90:    • Knitting the Centre 90 on the Baby Su...  
Extending the sleeves:    • Extending the Sleeves on the Baby Sur...  
Paper Prototype:    • Creating a Paper Prototype for the Ba...  
Construction and folding video (short):    • Baby Surprise Jacket Folding Dance (S...  

//SHOW NOTES
Tip 1: ravelry wiki
Ravelry wiki page: https://www.ravelry.com/wiki/pages/Ba...

Tip 2: paper prototype
My youtube tutorial:    • Creating a Paper Prototype for the Ba...  
Ravelry written instructions (slightly different): https://www.ravelry.com/wiki/pages/Ba...

Tip 3: waste yarn for centre 90
My youtube tutorial:    • Knitting the Centre 90 on the Baby Su...  
Ravelry written instructions: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...

Tip 4: leave in your stitch markers
What it sounds like :)

//PATTERN
Baby Surprise Jacket by Elizabeth Zimmermann
Book: https://amzn.to/3eKPwlr
Digital Pattern: https://www.schoolhousepress.com/patt...

//RAVELRY PATTERN INFO
* Ravelry BSJ Pattern page: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
* My Ravelry BSJ project: https://www.ravelry.com/projects/katk...

//YARN
ITO by Noro Yarn, Colourway 18

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