Last week a KnitBits subscriber wrote in asking if we’d ever think of designing a maternity sweater. To be quite honest, we don’t have any in the works but we had fun coming up with a list of sweaters that we think would work for ladies who are in the family way. Though we’re flying blind here, so please feel free to chime in with your comments!
Left to right, top to bottom: Nuss, Anhinga, Haight, Paron, Peace, Moska, Pucker, Bitok, Cosima, Bantam, Remember, Montparnasse, Juliana, Pike, Hibito.
Any others?
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August 21, 2009 at 12:33 am
Donyale
All lovely choices (but don’t forget – not too tight around the ‘chestal’ region as this area tends to, ahem, expand somewhat also.
August 21, 2009 at 1:12 pm
ciriliarose
Definitely! I tried to pick a lot of tops that don’t have definite closures so you could keep adjusting them as you fluctuate. That’s handy even if you’re not pregnant, eh?
August 21, 2009 at 12:58 am
Julie
Orleans?
August 21, 2009 at 2:34 am
KarenLG
The link to Haight points to the wrong pattern… ack… But now I’ll get lost for hours looking at all the yummy patterns…
August 21, 2009 at 1:11 pm
ciriliarose
Thanks for the head’s up, I fix now =)
August 21, 2009 at 3:08 am
julie
oh wow, this is such a great idea!! I’m not in the family way yet, but it’s on the horizon in a couple years- I love so many of these designs, and they would be perfect! Maybe Ravely needs a new category!
August 21, 2009 at 1:11 pm
ciriliarose
That’s a great idea! I’ll pass it along…
August 21, 2009 at 5:09 pm
Eliza
someone on Ravelry had a maternity version of the Bubble pullover. It seemed completely perfect.
August 21, 2009 at 6:17 pm
Abigail
I wouldn’t have thought of it as a maternity sweater but helenhue on Ravelry is pregnant in her project photos for Flower Child and it looks awesome on her.
August 22, 2009 at 11:42 pm
Andra
IMHO – Calvert from NGV3 should be included.
August 23, 2009 at 8:56 pm
Anouk
When I was pregnant I knitted Calvert.
August 24, 2009 at 2:29 pm
beth
I saw a pregnant lady in Tilted Duster and that seemed perfect!
August 24, 2009 at 9:25 pm
Lakaya M. Peeples
have you thought about cable pleats? right under the mid drift, that leaves a drapy finish in the stomach area like a baby doll top only it has instant expansion for the belly. if you stretch it out by the time you are at term…you can re-block it back to the correct size. Knitting stretchs and gives and if made from natural fabric you can re block with no problem. if you make it out of acrylic you may have to soak and wash it a few times to get it back to the right size.
August 28, 2009 at 10:49 am
ciriliarose
Good point We’re very pro-cable pleat =)
http://www.berroco.com/knitbits/html/KB304.html
August 25, 2009 at 4:26 am
Jeannine Berger
What about adding in Loppem? I know it fits pregnant ladies as well as (ahem!) middle aged ones too!
August 28, 2009 at 1:06 pm
Sarah
Hooray! Thanks for making a post about this! I wonder how many sweaters I can make before I’m out of maternity clothes?
September 3, 2009 at 5:03 pm
Katy
I knit a short version of the Tilted Duster and thought it was fabulous. Though, as the first commenter pointed out, my “chestal” region expanded more than anticiapted and I should have knit a larger size!