I Could Say

I've got a FO to share!!  The sweater has been finished for a long time, but some guests made it hard to post.  I picked this pattern book up while I was visiting Ava.  I fell very hard for the cover sweater.  I would love if SK would wear shawl collars, but that isn't happening.  I'll settle for him tossing on a cardigan!  Which also hasn't happened, but I'm hoping.  I can't force a grown man into a sweater, but my boys are another story!  I gave the pattern a test run & finished it for a friend's baby.  The gender won't be known until the day it pops out.

I have no good explanation for why I picked this yarn.  I needed Sport Weight.  I needed something fast.  And I didn't want to spend any money.  So Candi Jensen's Red Heart Sport was reluctantly chosen.  Ah the sweet sounds of squeaky yarn.  I really wanted to make it black, but I'm never sure what people feel about baby girls in black.  Personally if I had to have a girl,  she'd be in black most days.  For my boys, I plan on using a tweed minus the squeak.

This is the first sweater I've made in a very long time that required seaming.   I'd love to try & make the boys' sweaters in the round, but I'd have to figure out the stitch patten first.  Besides seaming, the pattern was pretty straight forward.  However personally, I'm never a fan of patterns where the sizes are written for the Age.  No good reason why, I just like to see 2T or 5T.  The baby is due in October, so I made the One/Two year size.  My knitting confidence is getting much better.  I knew while knitting the sleeves that I should shorten them.  Kid patterns always have sleeves that will fit a small adult.  Of course, I ignored my Knitting Confidence & kept knitting.  Tuck kept flapping the sleeves as he ran around the house.  My only salvation is that the mom & dad of this baby are both well over 6 feet.  Watch the kid will turn out to be 5'3 & a good sweater will be wasted. 

Currently, I'm in the Last Lap with Ulmus.  I've got about 20 more rows & I can't think or do anything else.  Problem?  Each row has 400+ stitches!  Knitting is my torture.

L

Comments

[Lauren]

I love it! The flapping sleeves are cute, though probably annoying to a mom, I just like to see the little ones in action with it. Tuck is getting so big! Very cute.

[mamie]

saw this on flickr (i think). totally in lurve. tweed and less squeak for sure, but i guarantee that beautiful sweater will get worn (and probably wash better too)

[regina]

how about a sweater vest for SK. in red. with a little O on the upper left breast area.
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