It’s riskily near Christmas to start this, but the yarn has only just arrived. I’m hoping to make a snow-flakey type yoke sweater. If it works, then I want to make at least two more for grandsons two and three…already thinking my aspiration and skill level don’t quite match.

My brother had a fairisle sweater when he was a very little boy, knitted by my (talented knitter) aunt. I loved my brother, and always envied this sweater. As a teenager, I used to squeeze into it, even though the sleeves only came down past my elbows. I couldn’t ever aspire to knit as well as Lilian, but it’s the fond memory of that that I’m channeling here

Okay, it’s a few days later and I’ve just cast off. Not sure what I think of this. I busked it on the fairisle style patterns, and I think you can tell. I mapped out the snowflake part on some graph paper, and vaguely looked at a few other patterns online, but that was the limit of my research. The overall shape is a bit old fashioned, which I kind of intended, but the body is quite small and the sleeves quite wide and shorter than I thought they’d be… I need a nearly four year old to try it on.

The yoke was really difficult to reduce without looking a total mess. Frogged at least twice. In the end I went down a needle size, which helped.

It’s Very Merry Christmassy though, and if it ever gets worn, it’ll be really toasty.

Ermmm, not sure why I was thinking this would fit a nearly 4 year old. Next day I measured and it’s turned out just 22” across the chest. Which means it will be very snug on the intended recipient… so it has morphed into a present for Sonny age nearly two, who is not yet sweater averse…

Still got to sew up the underarms and block. Despite its failings, I do quite like it. Thanks Aunty Lil!

Bottom photo is Sonny wearing his sweater whilst playing with his Christmas teaset. You can see it’s a little wide across the shoulders, so there’s some puffed sleeve styling going on. Not what I intended, but he does look massively cute, even though I say so myself…