A Weasley Sweater for Landon
Landon was the recipient of the Longhorn Better than Booties that I made 2 summers ago. After trying to link to them, I realized I never posted, so here they are:
I never got a picture of them finished, because I literally finished them on the plane ride up to Chicago.
They were kind of a last minute present, and since then two other ladies in our group of friends have had babies. I’ll be showing their presents in upcoming posts, but suffice it to say that they got bigger items. I felt bad that Landon kind of missed out and felt that I should remedy the situation. Landon will be turning 2 next month, and like me, his mom is a big Harry Potter fan. So I thought it would be fun to whip up a Weasley sweater for him.
Project Specs:
Pattern: Weasley Sweater from Charmed Knits
Yarn: Lion Brand Wool-ease - 3 skeins green, less than 1 skein of gold
Needle: US 8’s
For: Landon
Size: Knit child’s small aiming for somewhere between the toddle and child small size with my slightly tighter than called for gauge
Started: May 17, 2009
Finished: June 22, 2009
Mods: Knit in the round, including intarsia in the round, until the armholes. Also knit the sleeves in the round. I took out one set of decreases so that the sleeves decreased down to 32 stitches so that the 2×2 ribbing would work in the round. Started the ribbing at around 11.5” (after decreasing to 32 stitches, 5 rounds and then begin cuff) and did about 2.25” of ribbing. I think the cuffs look really cute folded over, and there’s plenty of extra there as he grows for them to be unfolded.
Thoughts: What a cute sweater! The bottom is rolling a lot - like almost 2 inches of fabric. I’m going to leave it as is now, but tell Landon’s mom that when it becomes too short, to give it back and I will tack the roll down so it will roll just a little (or else put ribbing on the bottom). Since I made the sleeves fairly long, this should allow it to fit for several years. This was an easy knit, most mindless, and intarsia in the round is actually really cool and not hard at all (when doing a simple shape like a letter). I had the sweater knit all the way to the top of the L and then realized it was too high AND I had forgotten to divide for the sleeves, so I had to rip out all the way down to well below the L. Even with that, it was a quick knit, easy to work on while studying for the bar, and I think it’s cute!