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Cabied Raglan Baby Sweater

Rebecca L. Daniels, assistant editar

When I think of knitted heirlooms, I think of luxury fibers. This tiny sweater is worked in baby alpaca— luxurious enough to cherish but still affordable. The sweater is simple in construction, with only a few details that enhance the sweater but still allow the yam to take center stage. YARN Plymouth Yarn Baby Alpaca D.K.

Bride's Sachet

Laura Rintala, managing editor When I think of heirloom, 1 think of babies and brides. Because there was going to be a family wedding in the near futurę, I wanted to focus on the bride. This lace sachet-style purse holds three little essentials—a celi phone, mad money, and a lipstick—in a feminine way that doesn’t detract from the true center of attention: the bride herself. YARN Ornaghi Filati Liza, distributed by Aurora Yarn

Lacy Sachet

Eunny Jang, editor “Heirloom” can mean a lot of things; I tend to think a lot about the old-fashioned urge to make the simple functional items of our daily lives beautiful and worth looking at as well as useful. I love fresh-smelling linens but hate heavy or chemical-based scents and sprays. So simple sachets do the trick nicely. This little lace version is so quick to make that I’ve got one now in every drawer: I like filling minę with lavender and dried bergamot rind.

YARN Dale of Norway Stork

Sweet Hex Child's Hood

Lisa Shroyer, senior editor To me, “heirloom quality” implies intricate. Inspired by the decorative hex designs of the Pennsylvania Dutch, I charted an intricate motif for this child s special-occasion hood. With its pointy elfin silhouette and folk-y pattem, I could see a young child in my family wearing this hood for holiday caroling, ice skating parties, or as an altemative to the Easter bonnet.

YARN Elsebeth Lavold Silky Wool, distributed by Knitting Fever

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