2 posts tagged “boys pullover”

Done in Patons Rumor, color Spanish Heather in needle sizes 10.5 and 9 (for seed stitch) and knit up in size 4. Yes, yes, that is a hand wash only yarn and this is for a preschool boy but I am in denial for now so I can enjoy it. It is intentionally a little large since the one who will wear it may not get to for another nine months or so, and it has to fit, yes? No pockets, sorry. Older brother thought I better leave it off (his has no pocket so They Must Be the Same).

Oh yes...there was a booboo. I somehow left off a couple of rows on the back panel. Honestly not sure how that happened, but it did and there you have it. Fortunately, the seed stitch part is left intentionally  open and I finagled the mattress weave to make them look even. Ok, maybe not so even but you won't really notice once it's worn (am in denial but not about this...the little one tried it on already so it's true).

The source of the pattern:

March Craft Challenge: completed project! Knitted well over 15 minutes a day for exactly a week. Well, maybe plus a day, but I'm not sure.

About two and a third balls of Caron Simply Soft. The two in "silver" as NM calls the color plus maybe a third of another ball in the black. I could have used a little bit more silver or maybe I should have made the black stripe wider on the body.

Pattern was based on Elizabeth Zimmerman's seamless raglan sweater formula.

The good: it was really quick to work out the formula however I messed up when I did the number of increases after the hem. Instead of 160 stitches for the body, I ended up with 166. That's ok, though because it's not as wide as I thought it might end up.

The bad (but redeemed): it was interesting having to attach the body and sleeves together. The first few rows were wonky for me but they ended up working out. The hoodie could have been longer, too.

The ugly (completely lost): I can't for the life of me figure out how to do the kitchener stitch when the stitches are on the needles! I had to take them off one at a time on each side to finally work it out and even then I got many stitches wrong. Thank you, Lord, for a son who's just plain happy about having a sweater made for him! He's not looking for errors, just looking for excuses to wear his silver and black sweater.