Speaking of Christmas, today I want to share with you the last knitted gift I'm making for my children. All 4 of them are getting something hand-knitted for Christmas day and this one is for my youngest son. Older readers might recognise that I made my eldest son a hoody using the same yarn and pattern. I'm trying to make this one a bit different for him though
It's hoodless, has cabled raglan increases and a garter stitch hem instead of a split hem done in moss stitch. I'm also going to add a kangeroo pocket to it as well.
I cast off the hem yesterday but it's a little tighter that I'd like so I think I'll undo it and use a stretchier cast off. It's baggy enough he can wear it but I'm just not completely happy with it.
That's it from me for today, thank you for visiting my blog. I'm going to my eldest two children's Christmas performance this afternoon which I'm very much looking forward to :-)
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Love the yarn! Off to see how to do a cabled increase! Love that detail.
ReplyDeletethe cable is just positioned in between the two raglan increases so not quite as impressive as it sounds lol but it looks nice I think :)
DeleteI love it!! The colors are really nice-- it almost looks like a Knit Picks Felici colorway that I have in my stash, but I like the gentler color changes that this has :)
ReplyDeleteIt's nice yarn actually considering it's acrylic
DeleteAh I love the V-neck collar, so cute! Add the pocket, and perfect!
ReplyDeleteThanks, that's what I'm hoping :)
DeleteWhat bright and fun colors on a boy who is no doubt full of energy and imagination! I bet the Xmas performances were too cute.
ReplyDeleteThey definitely were :-) I went to my littlest boy's first Nativity yesterday and he was so sweet as a little shepherd lol
DeleteI love love love the cabled raglan increases! Do you have a pattern for them? I've knitted a raglan sweater before but I always thought the increases looked kind of boring. This would be perfect for my next sweater project!!
ReplyDeleteThe cable stitches are just in between the raglan increases. The pattern I'm using is the Little Hoodlum which is well written and has a range of sizes although it's for children rather than adults
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