I'm working on a sweater for Drew now. I had been wanting to make him a sweater for awhile but just couldn't find a top down pattern that I liked. My friend Wendy let me know that a designer was giving away 1 free pattern on Ravelry as a New Year gift. I browsed through her patterns and found one that I had favorited a couple months ago: tincanknits "Gramps!" It is super cute. I even saw several very similar sweaters on Gap online the other day!
Anyways, here is my sweater in progress:
The yarn I'm using is Manos Rittenhouse merino 5 ply yarn. I got 4 skeins of it on sale at fibrespace and wow--is it soft!! It feels so nice. I think it is going to be really cozy. So far the sweater seems like it is going to fit Drew well. He has let me hold it up to him a few times ;-) and the shoulders fit nicely. I need to increase the length (no surprise there) before beginning the ribbed edge.
We were at G Street Fabrics yesterday and I tried to pick some buttons for Drew's "fweater" as he calls it but I didn't really know what look I want to go for yet. The buttons can really make or break a sweater so I need to browse the project pages a bit before deciding.
Wow, that looks great! I am sooooo sad , I didn't realize there was a deadline for that free pattern! I couldn't decide, then I missed out. You picked a great one! Can't wait to see how it turns out.
ReplyDeleteAlso, it looks very German..... :-)
Love this one too Kelly- you are so talented!
ReplyDeleteIt looks beautiful, Kelly, and fits Drew nicely! I think he'll like feeling cozy in that Gramps sweater!
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