This is a week of Finished Objects! I’m not trying to share my holiday knits until after Christmas but I do have a few finished projects (including my kitchen renovation) that I can share this week. YAY!
Although I finished the Sawyer sweater for my husband last month, this weekend was the first time he actually wore it. He let me take a picture and I think he fidgeted for about five minutes and this was the best I was going to get out of him. LOL
I used Cascade 220 Superwash in the color Como because I was trying to get close to this color of an old Gap sweater he had years ago. Plus I just really like him in blues, greens and teals. When I buy sweater quantities of yarn, I typically buy them from yarn.com because you get a discount on price, otherwise I’m usually at my local yarn shop.
I really like how the Cascade 220 feels, I’ve now used the superwash and the 100% wool and both feel completely different but I highly recommend them for being durable and wearing well. For my husband I wanted the sweater to be durable and light weight and this knit up into a lightweight fabric. He told me has to get used to wearing it close to the body without a long sleeve on underneath but he said it was pretty soft and definitely warm. My only issue is that I can see every single mistake in this sweater. I know he doesn’t and the average person won’t but it will drive me just a little insane. It’s not like it’s just blaring all over the sweater but I see the lines where I mixed up my pattern repeat and I just want to fix it…but I can’t.
Overall, I thought this pattern was challenging but in a good way. I learned how to do a sloped bindoff around the neckline, how to read a more complicated pattern and how to read my stitches in order to make the repeats work out correctly. So I think if I had to grade myself I’d give myself a B overall (it’s the professor in me, I can’t help myself). I might even make this in a neutral color again in the future since I’ve gained a lot more confidence now with doing a seamed sweater.
Any awesome men’s patterns out there? Please share, I’m always trying to add them to my list in Ravelry.
Yards of Happiness 
The sweater looks great and slimming. Plus, your husband is handsome so I have the feeling he’d look good in almost anything. I made the Cobblestone pullover (http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/cobblestone-pullover) for my dad, and he looked great in it, and I’m currently making a roll neck sweater for my son using the Elizabeth Zimmerman Percentages Method (http://knitty.com/ISSUEwinter04/FEATknitbynumbers.html). Congrats on another FO. You’re cranking now!
I haven’t heard of the percentages method, I love learning new techniques!!
What a great fitting sweater! I love it. I’m looking for a pattern for my husband now, but I’m pretty sure he wants something along the lines of a raglan type construction with a crew neck. I’ll let you know if I find anything especially promising. 🙂
Well this is a circular yolk unisex one I’ve had favorited for a while http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/basic-round-yoke-unisex-pullover and I was thinking about doing this one next without the stripes!
Bravo!!! Sweater and husband both looking good 😉
Nice job, and your mistakes don’t show up on camera either! (At least not that i could see on my phone screen). I agree, that is an excellent color for him! 🙂
The main mistake is thankfully on the back!
Bcuz u knit it ur always going to see your mistakes but the sweater is BEAU-TI-FUL! The color is eye catching, the stitch shows it’s not just another BORR-RRING mens sweater and you now have produced a piece that ur husband will treasure BCUZ it was made by u 🙂 And if that doesn’t work call the faux pas u see, unique-DWJ design elements! 😉
I concur with princessyarn. 🙂
I’m still working up the courage (and working through existing stash…none of which is a husband-size pile of sweater yarn 🙂 ) to knit a man’s sweater. But when I do, I have my eye on some Brooklyn Tweed patterns.
Brooklyn Tweed are nice patterns but man do they require full concentration!