Wednesday 1 April 2015

FO - Frozen Sweater

I love a cabled sweater and as a pattern Frozen didn't disappoint. There just doesn't seem to be as many boy knits as girl ones so it was good to find a unisex design that my son loved.

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The cables are knitted through the back loop so they pop out nicely. There are lots of details on this sweater that make it that little more special

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The saddle shoulder means the sleeve cables flow down from the neck

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And the cables merge into the ribbing on the cuffs and bottom of the sweater

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Down the sides of the sweater and the inside of the sleeves is a single purl stitch which makes it look like it's seamed

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I love these front cables so much :-)

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I think my big boy is rather pleasd with his new sweater too :-)

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I used around 270g of dk yarn to make the 6 years size with extra length. The yarn was Wendy Merino in the "Dutch Blue" colourway so it's lovely and soft. I'm really pleased with how this sweater came out.

I wouldn't recommend this pattern for a complete beginner because of the short rows to shape the neck. It took me a bit of concentrating to work out what I was being asked to do. Once I got past that though it was lovely and straight foward

Linking up with Ginny's Yarn Along

15 comments:

  1. Lovely sweater and LOVE the smile! x

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    1. hehe he was doing his "cool dude" face :)

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  2. The sweater is the best I have seen for a while, love the zigzag cables. Your son is a great model, he looks quite content with his new blue sweater his mother made for him!

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  3. beautiful sweater! and the model my my so very handsome :)

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  4. Love the color and the cables!! beautiful pics too! and such a good looking guy modeling :)

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  5. I love the cables too, and they way they come down from the shoulders. Lovely pattern, and he looks pleased with it!

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  6. What an awesome sweater! I love how the cables come all the way down the shoulders, what an awesome detail! You did great work!

    If you're interested, I'd love to have you link up at my Yarn Fanatic Party! http://philwife.blogspot.com/2015/03/yarn-fanatic-party-30.html

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  7. He is adorable! I love the way the cables pop. I enjoy knitting cables, because they keep me on my toes.

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    1. I love cables too, especially the ones that are fairly straight forward to work but produce a really intricate looking design :)

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  8. Splendid job on your boy's new gansey.

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  9. It looks brilliant! You are popping out kiddie clothes like nobodys business!!! Very impressive and your handsome chap loves it too! X

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  10. This looks great! What a fab sweater and gorgeous boy! Love the cables!

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  11. Beautiful sweather for a boy. I seem to have problems finding something for my 7 year old boy. So much for girls though. I tend to end up with all the _Norwegian traditional fair isle knitting. I love that, but still. Happy Easter. Please share this at my link up :)

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  12. I know what you mean about boy sweaters -- and the older they get, the tougher it is to find things that I'll want to knit and they'll want to wear. Frozen looks great!

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