Baby Surprise Jacket

Elizabeth Zimmerman is a knitting design genius! She came up with a way to knit a baby sweater, shaping and all, knitting back and forth with very minimal seaming. When it is finished (before seaming) it looks like this:
Here is the back - so simple yet so beautiful:

The seam is the tops of the arms/shoulders. Add a few pretty buttons and Voila!

The yarn I used was Knit Picks Imagination, in Damsel. It is a hand-dyed merino/alpaca/nylon blend. It is so soft and the colors so rich, it turns an ordinary gift into something that is quite luxurious.