I am loving this colder weather. It really makes me feel like hunkering down to knit. I decided to start a new tradition of knitting my little guy a Christmas sweater every year.
I absolutely love this Christmas sweater pattern! I spent hours searching on Ravely, and I ended up loving this pattern the most.
Want to make your own for someone special in your life? I used the Anders pattern. Here are my tips:
- Materials used. Knitpicks Wool of the Andes in Jalapeno and White; needles in sizes 5 and 6.
- Sizing. Since I was using a worsted weight yarn, I sized down one size based on the pattern (which is written for DK yarn). That seemed to work out fine!
- Vikkel. I ended up not loving the gaps I would get after doing the vikkel braid. So, I left off the vikkel braid on the sleeves. Please leave a comment if you know how to fix the gaps!
- Knitting stress. My hands were aching while I did the body part of the sweater. I was having to push the stitches around the needles the whole time I knit the body. I think I will do this with magic loop next time to save my wrists.
- Colorwork tightness. I love the tip in here to size up during the colorwork section. I knit my colorwork tighter than solid color knitting (see an example here). So I usually get a wonky tight section when I switch between a solid and a colored section. Sizing up a needle fixed the problem!
- Colorwork dominance. I was debating whether to switch color dominance for the trees section (i.e., from having the white pop on the green background to having the green pop on a white background). I decided to go ahead and switch dominance (by changing from holding the white as the "underneath" color to holding the green as the "underneath" color).
~SaltyCrafts
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