I just finished this sweater for my six year old daughter. The idea was to use up some leftover yarn, and while I accomplished that, I also had to buy yarn to finish it :/ I think it turned out nice regardless though.
I had 2 1/2 hanks of Knit Picks Bulky Wool of the Andes yarn in the hand painted color "Juicy." I worked the body and the sleeves in a quilted lattice stitch pattern, which was quite simple though I had to do some stitch shifting at the beginning of some of the rows when worked in the round (body only). I like the stitch pattern. It looks nice, but is super easy to do. I had just enough yarn to finish the body and sleeves (which I worked flat for easier increasing, then sewed). Since I ran out of yarn, I tried to order more from Knit Picks, but they discontinued the hand painted colors for that yarn :( My little girl is a fan of black, so I substituted two strands of Vanna's Glamour yarn in black and one strand of Knit Picks Stroll in black. I worked the yoke portion in the black, decreasing evenly around.
The entire sweater took a handful of evenings to finish, estimated at around 15 hours of work or so. My daughter is very happy with her new sweater. I don't think it looks so bad for another one of my "just winging it" projects. Now to get back to working on my husband's jacket.
I had 2 1/2 hanks of Knit Picks Bulky Wool of the Andes yarn in the hand painted color "Juicy." I worked the body and the sleeves in a quilted lattice stitch pattern, which was quite simple though I had to do some stitch shifting at the beginning of some of the rows when worked in the round (body only). I like the stitch pattern. It looks nice, but is super easy to do. I had just enough yarn to finish the body and sleeves (which I worked flat for easier increasing, then sewed). Since I ran out of yarn, I tried to order more from Knit Picks, but they discontinued the hand painted colors for that yarn :( My little girl is a fan of black, so I substituted two strands of Vanna's Glamour yarn in black and one strand of Knit Picks Stroll in black. I worked the yoke portion in the black, decreasing evenly around.
The entire sweater took a handful of evenings to finish, estimated at around 15 hours of work or so. My daughter is very happy with her new sweater. I don't think it looks so bad for another one of my "just winging it" projects. Now to get back to working on my husband's jacket.
