Sunday, August 29, 2010

FO: Steggie Sweater!



Pattern: Steggie from Knitty.
Yarn: Woolease, bits of the blue and red, and then about 4 skeins of the green.
Needles: Size 7 and 8 Knitpicks interchangeables.
Mods: I screwed up some sleeve increases but I don't think it makes much of a difference!



It was obviously a fight getting this sweater on a two year old, even though it was much cooler this past week, and I'm hoping we're headed for fall. I babysit him at least once a week, and in the past three or so months, I've been seeing Max (my cousin, shown above!) two to four times a week. But two year olds rarely do what you want! He was mad in the pictures above,
a. because he didn't want that sweater on but he's two so I forced him into it
b. because his mom was in on it
c. because it was "HOT!", as he himself informed us
d. I think he didn't like how originally it covered his little hands and he couldn't use them to be fists to show us how mad he was.

(PS: In the last picture he's actually looking at his mom who I think was saying how cute it was, and you can see the obvious anger and hurt in his eyes)

The Details:
This is supposed to be his christmas sweater but I'm also making a quilt for him so this sweater is for his birthday, which was at the beginning of the month. I don't mind woolease, it's a relatively good yarn, especially for sweaters for two year olds. I love the pattern too, well written and has a bunch of sizes. I oddly enjoyed the colorwork. Go figure.

In other news, I went to the beach (Watch Hill in RI) yesterday and while I came home rather pink, I am no longer a lobster. I'll leave you with some pictures.







Yes, it was crowded. That's what happens when you go to the beach on the last weekend before school ends! It was a good day though!

2 comments:

Mike P. Brown said...

How long have you had this new blog format???

ColorSlut said...

The sweater is so perfect! He'll love it once it is cold out. And wow - the beach looks like so much fun!