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Revealed
Sat Dec 24 2011


My secret knitting project finally arrived at its destination, so I can share it with you now!

Many years ago, when I was too dumb to be afraid of knitting patterns, I made a sweater for my youngest son.

I still have the McCall’s knitting pattern book, which is a freak of nature, because I am the world’s worst thrower awayer of stuff you ever met in your life. But there was something about that book and that pattern... I had to keep it.

Now I know why.

Some part of me knew that in the future I would take a sudden notion to knit a sweater for another little boy.

My friend’s grandson. [Who shall remain anonymous]

Here’s what I came to think of as:

“The Pumpkin Pie Sweater”

[album 65561 Pumpkin Pie Sweater.jpg]

[album 65561 Pumpkin Pie Sweater3.jpg]

Here’s a picture of my son wearing his version back in about 1982...

[album 65561 Salmon Mountain Sweater2.jpg]

Wasn't he too sweet? Check out those bells on his shoes….

It felt very satisfying to revisit this pattern. I also realized why I managed to make it way back then as an inexperienced knitter. It is a fantastically written thing. I GET it. And what is funny is that it is an extremely concise pattern. I THOUGHT I liked things spelled out in detail, but really, what I need for my pea brain to work properly while knitting is laser-like precision in the directions. Whoever wrote this pattern might as well have done a Vulcan mind meld with me.

I’m sure it helps that this Norwegian method of sweater construction is just about as genius as it gets for simplicity. But still. The author did her job well.

I feel like I have come full circle.

And for some reason, it gives me hope that I CAN overcome my pattern fear eventually. I just need to find the RIGHT patterns.

The Vulcan patterns.

Live Long, and Prosper.


2 Comments
  • From:
    InStitches (Legacy)
    On:
    Sun Dec 25 2011
    Nicely done. It's an adorable sweater....... in both versions. :)

    It isn't you........ the sad truth is that today most patterns are not being written by people who know how to write. Don't get me wrong, most are good, even great, designers, but few have background in pattern writing. It is an entirely different skill set.


  • From:
    404Error (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon Dec 26 2011
    That is a BEAUTIFUL sweater pattern! If ever I have a grandchild I would like to commission you to make one for him or her. Every child deserves lovingly crafted clothing. Kendall had a few items like a suede and furry calf skin vest, which I have saved for if or when I have a grandchild. I used to buy him handmade deerskin baby shoes from Norway that were meant to protect his feet from injury, but still feel like being barefoot so as to promote a natural stride without any pronation because he wouldn't be relying on hard, unyielding shoes that would force him to walk like Frankenstein's monster. Of course I'll probably have to drop big bucks on those same shoes were I to be buying a pair or two in the next few years. But, raising a child with no foot problems is worth the price of good shoes.

    My mother may have not been what I needed emotionally, but she always made sure I had good, well-fitted shoes when I was a child and until I got neuropathy I never had any problems with my feet, and I really appreciated that when I chose two careers in which I stood on my feet all day. And Kendall never had any foot problems, either, until he started working on concrete all day, every day. Now his heels get sore if he's on his feet too long. Good thing graphic design is indoor, sit down work.