In my ongoing quest to use up stash I decided I'd make a little sweater for my grandson using some leftover yarns I had. This is the result...
The pattern is 'Snow Bunnies' from a Beehive booklet called 'Knit Menagerie' - knit in the round and made a tad longer than it called for because our grandson is tall. If I had to do it again, I would make the stripes much wider (and less of them) and I wouldn't carry them quite so high up the body.
HOWEVER - after all that, I don't seem to have made so much
as a DENT in my stash!!
Anonymous quote again..."Hate has 4 letters, so does Love. Enemies has 7 letters, so does Friends. Lying has 5 letters, so does Truth. Negative has 8, so does Positive. Under has 5, so does Above. Cry has 3 letters, so does Joy. Anger has 5 letters, so does Happy. Right has 5 letters, so does Wrong. Hurt has 4 letters, so does Heal. It means life is like a doubled edged sword....so transform every negative side into an aura of positivity....we should choose the better side of life"
Lovely sweater. That link.....I did spend quite a bit of time looking at everything. Enjoyed myself immensely :)
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoyed that link -there certainly is a lot to see! Hope our grandson likes the sweater and doesn't outgrow it too soon!
DeleteVery sporty!
ReplyDeleteThere are changes I'd make to it if I were to do it over, but our little guy won't care.
DeleteThe sweater for DGS turned out so, um (don’t want to say “cute” bcuz he’s a boy!), but it’s AWESOME!! Will he have cool enough weather still to wear it this spring, or did you make it to fit him in the fall?
ReplyDeleteawww - at 2 3/4 he can definitely be 'cute' - I'm the grandma and I can say that! Mind you, there's a whole lot of awesome with him too. Hopefully it will still fit in the fall....fingers crossed!
DeleteFun knit sweater for your Grandson. Steam blocking knitted items looks doable. Interesting quote with the words and numbers of letters. Positivity is always preferred over negativity.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to try the steam blocking - SOOOO much easier than having to crawl around on the floor!
DeleteBeautiful sweater! I am sure your grandson will enjoy wearing it! Shame about the dentless stash!! Christine xx
ReplyDeleteThe worry is whether he'll get enough wear out of it this spring and will have outgrown it by next fall. Ah, the joys of growing little boys!
DeleteVery cute!
ReplyDeleteThanks Shirlee - it's for a very cute grandson!
DeleteYour knitted sweater turned out great and your grandson will love it.
ReplyDeleteNow I have no excuse to not dive in and sew up a storm with all those tutorials
In Sew4Home.
Thoughtful quote, walking in the light is a choice and the path gets brighter and brighter.
Walking in the dark never works out like you thought it would. You always get 'burned.'
I think there were enough tutorials at that link to keep us all busy for quite awhile!
DeleteGreat sweater for grandson! I do like the link to the tote
ReplyDeleteAll done in my quest to use up stash. Unfortunately I thought I'd use a lot in that sweater but it certainly doesn't look as though there's been even a tiny dent in the stash.
DeleteI think the sweater is great! I, too, find that my stash doesn't really show much diminishing even with all the stash I've used up over the last year or so. That's disturbing if I think about it much. :/ Love that link with the 100's (or maybe 1000's) of links. That will be fun to visit and revisit for continual inspiration. BTW, I love the Arne and Carlos video. I love their attitude - "blocking is just too much work and too time consuming". And look at those beautiful sweaters they're wearing! I'm a big blocker, but sometimes we make things too hard...
ReplyDeleteI enjoy the weekly videos I get from Arne and Carlos, even though my level of knitting expertise is nowhere close to what they do. It's nice to sit with a cup of coffee and just listen to them. I don't know what's up with our stashes though - they seem to just keep the status quo despite our best efforts to whittle them down.
DeleteHi Maryanne lovely jumper you knitted for your GS,it will keep him nice and warm,well done my friend xx
ReplyDeleteGrandmothers have to get their knitting love in while the kids are young enough not to have much of an opinion over what they wear. The day will come when they'll turn their noses up at it.
DeleteHow adorable, my friend! And I just love the colors. As always, you make the loveliest things.
ReplyDeleteI believe you asked me on my blog last week about the Caramel Churro Cookies and the caramels I used. I used the individually wrapped candy caramels. I sliced them in half and it was plenty for each cookie. Enjoy! And hugs to you!
That is a cute sweater. Sure to keep him nice and toasty!
ReplyDeleteJust hope he can get some wear out of it this spring - and that it will still fit in the fall. Who knows with how fast little ones grow!
DeleteI think that is a very jolly sweater and I love all the colors :)
ReplyDeleteHope our wee man likes it (and gets some wear out of it before it gets too warm or...better yet....it still fits in the fall!).
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