FO Friday: Dorrie’s Longies

Pattern: Longies by Little Turtle Knits. Two hanks of Vermont O-Wool in Cornflower (100% organic wool) on size #6 & #8 Knitpicks Options Circular needles and DPNs.
Started: April 2007
Finished: June 2007
Mods: None

Months (and months, and months, and months) ago, my friend Leah requested some wool longies for her daughter, Dorrie. Leah uses cloth diapers on Dorrie, and wool longies are used as an option for diaper covers.

I found a few patterns for longies, but gravitated to this pattern because it’s knit in the round (no seaming!) and has short rows in the back that create a little knitted “bottom” for a better fit.

It took me awhile after I knit these to actually get them to Dorrie and Leah – a few missed meetings here and there, and I finally sent them along for Dorrie’s first birthday. They arrived yesterday, and (thank heavens!) they fit the recipient! Here’s a link to some photographic proof.