VTT 14 - Knitted baby dress

Happy Vintage Thingies Thursday everyone! This week I was inspired by Melanie, who used a vintage pattern for a baby outfit she knitted as a gift. Those pictures are at the end of her post. Seeing her knittings made me remember something my mother knitted for my daughter 26 years ago. I keep it in this box.

You may say 26 years is not very vintage yet. This outfit was not originally meant for my daughter, but for me or one of my sisters, which adds three or four decades to the age. A busy mother doesn't always have the time to finish a baby garment before the baby in question has outgrown it.

Luckily there is the next generation! The sleeveless dress, tiny cardigan and knee socks are all in perfect condition. There is a ball of the original yarn for repairs. The socks are knitted in a different shade of pink, but even that yarn is old. I know mother knitted those for my daughter, but the other parts were UFO's from another era. The buttons on both shoulders of the dress and on the cardigan are genuine mother-of-pearl.

I packed this treasure back in the box and try to remember where I put it, so the dress can be worn again if there some day will be a new generation of girls in my family.

Suzanne is hosting VTT on the Coloradolady blog. She has the sweetest post about a dress as well! Continue your tour to the blogs on her link list, and have a nice Vintage Thursday.