My Brother's sweater

mauveme · Post by **mauveme** » Mon Apr 23, 2018 11:20 pm

The big blue beast is finally done.

My bro picked out buttons for it and they came today, Got all the pesky ends woven in, and it's all packed up ready to mail. Fingers crossed it fits him.

karen4bells · Post by **karen4bells** » Tue Apr 24, 2018 1:12 am

That is one very nice sweater!! I know your brother will get lots of use out of it!!! Wow!!!!

wendywombat · Post by **wendywombat** » Tue Apr 24, 2018 9:36 am

Fantastic and he'll love wearing it!

BTW don't talk to me about knitting for a while.

I've been knitting a sweater for D/H

Hated the Wool
Hated the Pattern
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No wonder it came out Too Big!! I'm in the process of ripping it down!

I'll bag up the wool and try it again later in the year. Lets face it....he won't need a sweater in the summer will he!!

poppy · Post by **poppy** » Tue Apr 24, 2018 9:49 am

Linda, what a lovely, manly, warm sweater. He is a very lucky brother! The buttons are perfect for it too.

Mabel Figworthy · Post by **Mabel Figworthy** » Tue Apr 24, 2018 11:05 am

What a beautiful piece of work, and very wearable - won't that keep him snug!

nannyrainbow · Post by **nannyrainbow** » Tue Apr 24, 2018 1:46 pm

Fablous sweater, so nicely made

your brother will love it.

rcperryls · Post by **rcperryls** » Tue Apr 24, 2018 3:04 pm

That is a beautiful sweater! I really admire those of you who can knit. The reason I loved crocheting is because I only have to worry about one stitch at a time (just like cross stitching!). Your brother is going to love this!

Carole

mauveme · Post by **mauveme** » Tue Apr 24, 2018 5:16 pm

wendywombat wrote:Fantastic and he'll love wearing it!

BTW don't talk to me about knitting for a while.
I've been knitting a sweater for D/H

Hated the Wool
Hated the Pattern
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No wonder it came out Too Big!! I'm in the process of ripping it down!
I'll bag up the wool and try it again later in the year. Lets face it....he won't need a sweater in the summer will he!!

I knitted up this one twice, it came out too big as well, instead of balling it up I knit it off the first one. Worked well since all the balls were knotted together, at least I didn't have to do that again.

mauveme · Post by **mauveme** » Tue Apr 24, 2018 5:19 pm

Thanks for the kind words, I just hope it fits him . It weighs a bloody ton too, Superbulky yarn-Titan from Mary Maxim. Took 17 balls to do since it only had about 85 yrds per ball.

tiffstitch · Post by **tiffstitch** » Tue Apr 24, 2018 10:59 pm

Wow! That looks fantastic, well done.

I hope the weight wasn't hard on your wrists, I've had that issue before with heavy things.

mauveme · Post by **mauveme** » Wed Apr 25, 2018 4:33 am

tiffstitch wrote:Wow! That looks fantastic, well done. I hope the weight wasn't hard on your wrists, I've had that issue before with heavy things.

Yeah that's a constant anyway, it wasn't really my wrists but my arthritis in my thumbs and my shoulder, could only knit it for 2hrs with a break in between. Knitting my self a purple sweater right now and it's so much lighter, I can knit a little longer on this one.

Mabel Figworthy · Post by **Mabel Figworthy** » Wed Apr 25, 2018 3:01 pm

mauveme wrote:Knitting my self a purple sweater right now

Purple? Really

?

rcperryls · Post by **rcperryls** » Wed Apr 25, 2018 3:25 pm

Purple! My favorite color! Can't wait to see it!

Carole

agi · Post by **agi** » Sat Apr 28, 2018 2:43 pm

What a super achievement to have it done. Let us know how it fits. I am sure he will love it.

mauveme · Post by **mauveme** » Mon Apr 30, 2018 6:08 pm

Hot damn the sweater fit

.And he is pleased. And I am relieved

wendywombat · Post by **wendywombat** » Tue May 01, 2018 11:47 am

Wow...that's one good looking sweater poser!!

Sweater looks good too!

Serinde · Post by **Serinde** » Tue May 01, 2018 4:46 pm

Well done on both counts!

Garnet · Post by **Garnet** » Tue May 01, 2018 7:24 pm

Well that looks one very cosy and comfy sweater indeed.

Very well done, I can imagine how heavy that was to knit, my carpal tunnel is beginning to ache just thinking about it.

mauveme · Post by **mauveme** » Tue May 01, 2018 7:41 pm

Garnet wrote:Well that looks one very cosy and comfy sweater indeed.

Very well done, I can imagine how heavy that was to knit, my carpal tunnel is beginning to ache just thinking about it.

It was, especially when finishing the shawl collar. It took 16-17 balls of Titan yarn, very bulky.

rcperryls · Post by **rcperryls** » Thu May 03, 2018 3:13 pm

Garnet wrote:Well that looks one very cosy and comfy sweater indeed.

I completely agree!

Carole

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