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Aside from BSJs, I haven't made baby sweaters for a while.  Most of my friends--now 40 or older--have had their children, so I haven't needed any in a while, but now we seem to be embarking on a new baby-boom among our younger relatives and friends, so while I was sorting yarn to use in the next 12 months, I included yarn for several baby sweaters. I had COMPLETELY forgotten how small babies really are and what a complete perk that is when knitting!  So, the new baby sweater already has a completed back and a partial front:  I was going to knit the fronts & back in one piece, but on this particular sweater, one needs the front piece WITHOUT buttonholes done first, then one knits the second front adding buttonholes where one marked on the first piece, so I'm doing everything separately.  I will certainly say that it's refreshing to see how fast one front can go all by itself.  I'm using a yarn that I bought from Michael's years ago--they seem to have int...