It makes me happy to know that in a few short months Baby Nolan will be wearing this sweater to watch the Tigers spring training games. By then I’ll be over all this World Series shenanigans going on right now. As it is, I tune in, you know, for the SAKE OF BASEBALL and just end up throwing things at the TV.

Candlestick!

It’s hard to be upset about anything when you are looking at this adorable sweater though, right? The little thing knit up really quick and couldn’t be cuter.

I talked about the hems in last weeks WIP post, and I love them. It makes the sweater really tshirt-y, which is the goal. I turned them as I was knitting, and it makes finishing really easy.

I knit both sleeves flat at the same time. The pattern calls for them to be knit in the round, but that would have killed me. As tiny as they are, stockinette stitch sleeves are rough any way you shake it.

Stripes! Messed Up

I screwed up the sleeve striping. If you take a look at the other FOs, there are only two stripes of main color. I think I was distracted by The Wonder Years on netflix instant watch and mixed up my contrasting color and main colors in my head. Luckily, this is a pretty easy to ignore mess up! Looks kinda cool with three stripes, right?

Neckline Problem?

As much as I like the knitted hem, if I knit this again I’d totally put a rib in for the neckline. It looks a little big to me, and I think the rib at the neckline would tighten that up a bit. I have no way of knowing what this will actually look like on since this is Baby Nolan’s Christmas present, so I won’t see him in it for a couple months, but it looks kinda big. Maybe he’ll put it on and it will be perfect. I hope so! We’ll see in December.

And how much do I love the Knit Picks Comfy Worsted I used for this project? Let me count the ways. It’s the perfect yarn for this little sweater. It only two 5 skeins, it knit up beautifully, and I know it will hold up in the many washes it will need!

Pattern: Candlestick by Hilary Smith Callis

Yarn: Knit Picks Comfy Worsted in Sweet Potato and Planitarium

Needles: Size 7 circulars

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