And now the FO you've been waiting for-- David's sweater!
Pattern: Based on EZ's Seamless Hybrid
Yarn: Karabella Aurora 8 in 2, 16, 36, 38, 40, 41, 61, and 286
Needles: US 8 circs and DPNs
Time to Knit: January 31 - March 18
After we decided on the striping pattern, we had to calculate how wide each stripe needed to be. It looked like the sweater needed to be about 21 inches long, so we divided that by the 7 colors and had three inches for each stripe. The top "stripe" is actually the saddle for the shoulder and the back shaping, but visually it fits in to be about the right size.
The hems, collar, and button band are all hemmed. I think it's a nice edging for this sweater, and I kept the details from Whitney's Andrew's sweater in mind when I was making it. We also added some vintage buttons recovered from old train engineers' uniforms.
I have to say that I'm not a fan of this yarn after knitting this sweater. It's superwash and soft, which is great when knitting for a non-knitter, but the superwash qualities of this yarn made it slippery. My tight decreases and woven-in ends were always sliding out of place. This is especially annoying when striping yarn and adding in different colors on a regular basis! I'm going to stick to some nice non-superwash for my next few projects.
Of course, David does appreciate how soft the sweater is, and he loves the colors! It fits him well, and it fits what he asked me to make.
Yay!
That is AWESOME. It looks great and you can tell from his face how happy he is in it! What a lucky guy!!!
Posted by: Alli | March 23, 2009 at 02:06 PM
Fantastic! Looks like it could be one of Kaffe Fasset's designs!
Posted by: Ingrid | March 23, 2009 at 03:41 PM
brill! Love the buttons
Posted by: Kelly | March 23, 2009 at 03:48 PM
Love the entire sweater!
Posted by: Cynthia | March 23, 2009 at 07:14 PM
That's an amazingly colorful sweater! So glad David loves it!
Posted by: grumperina | March 23, 2009 at 07:53 PM
That suits him well. I love the way it turned out!
Posted by: Nikki D. | March 23, 2009 at 11:08 PM
It looks great on him! I love the buttons.
Posted by: Kirsten | March 24, 2009 at 09:16 AM
It's so colorful & so happy. David looks happy to be wearing it too.
Posted by: Kim | March 24, 2009 at 10:50 AM
Way to rock that awesome sweater David!
Posted by: tiennie | March 24, 2009 at 05:52 PM
Wow, that sweater looks really great on David!! :)
Posted by: David | March 29, 2009 at 08:46 PM
Well done! That turned out great. David has the sweater modeling thing down! Love the buttons.
I know another person who knit a sweater for her wedding in Aurora 8, and she had the same complaints you had.
Posted by: Brenda | March 30, 2009 at 08:35 PM