And one of the back. I'm glad to have such an awesome Dad to knit for. (For the record, he is completely knit-worthy. Every knitted gift has been well used.)
The only mod I made to this pattern was to tack down the collar rather than install toggles. To help keep the tension off of one point in the collar, I tacked down both sides and across the top of where I wanted it to attach. The yarn is Naturally Mainlander Aran in color 862 and the pattern is Brownstone.
Meanwhile on the Canon Hand Dyes KAL front, I think I have finally nailed down a stockinette sock that fits. Usually my gauge is really loose. (Like a 56 stitch sock with size 0 needles loose.) I had noticed that my gauge has been tightening up recently (not sure why) so I cast on 60 stitches for the sock. I figured that would be enough ease. I knit the whole leg and turned the heel, started the gusset when I finally decided that it really was too tight, so rip, rip, rip. Then I cast on 64 stitches (much better), turned the heel, started the gusset, and decided that the stripes could match up a bit better, so rip, rip, rip. Then I put in the full gusset, and realized that I had reversed my preferred placement of the decreases. Rather than rip (because it was getting really old at this point) I dropped down and made all the k2togs into ssks and vice versa. I think I have finally got a sock that looks and fits great. Hopefully when i get to the second one, it goes a bit more smoothly. (Again, this is why I don't do two at a time socks.)
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A Happy Belated birthday to your Dad! He looks very cool in his new sweater. :-)
I like your socks. The colour combination of the stripes is great! And as for ripping... sigh. I hope I've finally come to the end of mine! It does get very old after a while.
That's a great Dad Sweater! And those socks are awesome!!!
That's a perfect guy sweater! I haven't been ripping much, more just stalling on projects that need thought and knitting on things that are straightforward instead. I LOVE the way that crazy yarn is knitting up.
Oh my gosh!!! It is just perfect!
Beautiful job Audry!!!
I love the way that yarn is striping! So excellent.
I totally hear you on the ripping. I got about four inches knit in the first of my dad's Christmas socks and decided they were coming out too big, so I ripped back and restarted. It's always worth it in the end, but when you're waffling (do I have enough done to judge the fit? Maybe I'll just keep going...) it feels risky.
That is the best dad sweater I've seen in a really long time.
::Raises hand:: Yep, I've been doing a lot of ripping, and less knitting. Hopefully that will change for my next project!
Beautiful sweater!
What a perfect pullover! Your Dad is so lucky!
Love your self striping socks :)
You're dad's sweater is awesome. The sock colors are very lovely. My version of two at a time is knitting bit by bit on two double pointed needle sets.
Love of Cuteness
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