Knitting for boys is not always as fun as knitting for girls. Easily available (at least for me) yarn seems to come in two color families: Baby Pastel and Ugly. Luckily, my kid loves both, so I was able to accommodate him when he requested some socks - and these socks, I think, somehow manage to fall into both categories. No offense to the yarn-maker-folks; I'm sure there are people out there who love this yarn. It knit up nicely into some socks, but the colors, well ... they're not for me.
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| Believe it or not, they even fit! |
I had a bit more luck with the vest: the color choice was constrained by the fact that needed to match his school's uniform. I found some grey, which goes with everything, and some navy, which is one of the colors he can wear. I had to add tons of length to the pattern to fit my long-and-lean kid, and I didn't have the right needles for the neck band so that doesn't quite match the rest, but otherwise I guess it turned out okay. In any case, it fits and should fit next fall, and it's useful, which is the whole point of making stuff.
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| The seaming was a bitch; I'm amazed that it turned out fairly well. |
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| More stuff that actually fits! |
