phew ~ finally finished my brother's cabled sweater!

My brother's been hinting for a while that he wanted a handknit cabled sweater, so in January I ordered a bunch of yarn to knit him one, with the intention of finishing it long before the summer for his birthday (which is in about a week)... Naturally it didn't get finished until today - but nonetheless it's done!

Here it is: ​

It's a Lionbrand free pattern (here) - the only thing I changed was the collar. (I knit up a crew instead of a turtleneck.)

The only thing, though, is that the pattern calls for 10 skeins of yarn for his size, and I only used up almost 6. So I don't know where the other 4 are supposed to go.

But oh well, it nonetheless turned out alright, I think.

 

your brother is going to love it!! it turned out beautiful,,nice work cerridwen

 

wow, that came out wonderful! great job!

 

That's beautiful! Is that wool yarn?

 

Thanks - it took forever to do... it'll be a while before I start another sweater. The yarn is Lionbrand Wool Ease Thick'n'Quick - 86% acrylic, 10% wool, 4% rayon. It's good and thick (hence the name) so it's a bit less tedious to knit up the big projects.

 

It's gorgeous! I like your modification for the neck much better than the turtleneck. Your brother is one lucky guy!

 

wow!!! that looks so effin cozy!!! terrific job mama!! just wow.. i just wanna slip it on and cuddle with someone with some hot chocolate. hah

 

very nice!

 

lol it certainly is cozy...

I had knit my husband 2 sweaters last year, and he thought that he wasn't very much into cables, so they were just flat plain sweaters. But once I had this one done up for my brother, he ended up wearing it for two hours before I wrestled it off of him! So, now, I suppose the next knit thing I have to make for my husband is this sweater.....

 

Wow, lucky people, I can't even imagine turning a bunch of yarn into something like that!

 

great work! you must have a lot of patience!

 

lol, more like stress management! I had been working on that sweater for months, I came close several times to quitting!

I do the occasional sweater or afghan... it's a lot of work. I prefer smaller projects in all.

 

Wow! That is amazing. That would take me years to complete Nice job!!