My Brother's sweater
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My Brother's sweater
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.
Linda
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Re: My Brother's sweater
That is one very nice sweater!! I know your brother will get lots of use out of it!!! Wow!!!!
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Re: My Brother's sweater
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!!
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!!
Re: My Brother's sweater
Linda, what a lovely, manly, warm sweater. He is a very lucky brother! The buttons are perfect for it too.
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What a beautiful piece of work, and very wearable - won't that keep him snug!
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Re: My Brother's sweater
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!
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Re: My Brother's sweater
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.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!!
Linda
Re: My Brother's sweater
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.
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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.
Re: My Brother's sweater
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.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.
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Purple? Really ?mauveme wrote:Knitting my self a purple sweater right now
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Re: My Brother's sweater
Purple! My favorite color! Can't wait to see it!
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Re: My Brother's sweater
What a super achievement to have it done. Let us know how it fits. I am sure he will love it.
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Re: My Brother's sweater
Wow...that's one good looking sweater poser!!
Sweater looks good too!
Sweater looks good too!
Re: My Brother's sweater
Well done on both counts!
Re: My Brother's sweater
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.
Very well done, I can imagine how heavy that was to knit, my carpal tunnel is beginning to ache just thinking about it.
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It was, especially when finishing the shawl collar. It took 16-17 balls of Titan yarn, very bulky.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.
Linda
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I completely agree!Garnet wrote:Well that looks one very cosy and comfy sweater indeed.
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