Man Sweater #2

Another successful man sweater. I’m very very happy with this one. I mostly followed the notes I made when I knit his first sweater. Some modes though, cardiganized, obviously, with zipper, a little longer in the sleeves, high collar, a tiny bit snugger in fit. He loves it, and can now rotate two hand knit sweaters!

He loves the zipper, and says this is a great layering sweater. I’ll think this will get quite a bit of wear. I knit a zipper facing, which is a zipper treatment I love to death, as it hides the ugly side of the zipper, even if it is a crap load of extra knitting. Brandt is quite impressed with it too-

It’s actually pretty easy. You pick up and knit the right side band, like a normal facing, sort of like knitting on a button band, then you pick up and knit the same amount of stitches from the same side, but on the wrong side, and sew the zipper between the two layers of fabric.

So nice. I finished it last Friday, and he wore it out Friday night. It took alot of hours to sew in that zipper, and weave in a million ends. Totally worth it though. I cast off the last sleeve at 11:58pm Thursday night, having started the first sleeve sometime on Tuesday. I whipped through this sweater, in three weeks, one day, but honestly, if I hadn’t put a self imposed deadline on this one, I’d probably still be knitting away on it. I did have one false start, I had started it a day or two after Thanksgiving, but after knitting a handful of inches, it was too clear that it was too small, so I ripped it all out and had a restart 3 weeks ago.
It is knit in Rowan’s felted tweed, in Conker. Love this color, I think it’s a discontinued shade though. US 3 and US 5 needles. I do so love felted tweed.

I did a bit of knitting at my parents house this last weekend, including starting my next sweater. I’m very excited about this one. I like this sweater knitting thing, I haven’t even knit on a sock in months!

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22 Responses to Man Sweater #2

  1. jackie says:

    It’s great and looks great on him. I love the zipper facing!

  2. mai says:

    WOW, it’s beautiful! how’d you get the zipper to lie so flat? it looks great!

  3. ami says:

    Great sweater! He looks so happy- and that zipper facing is genius. I am going to have to try that sometime.

  4. sil says:

    Super cute sweater for the mr! Very nice detail on that zipper facing, those details really make the difference.

  5. Elemmaciltur says:

    Excellent work! It looks perfect on him!

  6. Carole says:

    It really looks wonderful and Brandt is looking very impressed with your skillz!

  7. Kim says:

    Very, very nice! Great idea with putting in the zipper….gives it a nice finished look.

  8. gleek says:

    very nice! i love the zipper facings as well.

  9. Karen says:

    Very nice sweater! I love the zipper facing. Love it! It looks so nice and neat. What a great idea.

  10. nipper jenn says:

    It looks great, lady! He looks so pleased, as he should be. The zipper facing is an excellent touch.

  11. Susanne says:

    Wow that is one great looking sweater. The zipper facing is a wonderful idea…not sure I get how it goes but I will re-read your notes and ask questions later!
    Congratulations, can’t wait to see your next one…Happy New Year!

  12. Lori says:

    I love that sweater. The color and fit are fabulous! I’ve never seen a zipper that fit in so well. Good job! Brandt looks good in it and it fits him very well. He also looks like he likes it! Happy New Year!

  13. Danielle says:

    The sweater is fantastic. And the model — priceless! (It’s like pulling teeth to get mine to model anything, but yours looks like he’s having fun!)

  14. Nicole says:

    You are my man sweater knitting hero!

  15. regina says:

    Love the sweater, and I’ve gotta say: your man’s a cutie!

  16. Cheryl says:

    Awesome! It looks so great and I bet he loves it!

  17. wow you did a wonderful job. I love the zipper treatment which is a great idea.

  18. Just introduced to your site by someone on one of my lists. Lovely products in your store & what a nice sweater. I am a bit jealous, LOL.

    Happy New Year

  19. Lisa says:

    Great sweater!! And thanks for the zipper facing idea – makes everything look so much neater. I have been putting off doing the whole zipper thing (some irrational fear I think) but I resolve to tackle that fear this year :)!

  20. Lolly says:

    It’s a really fabulous sweater – so stylish, and a great fit. It looks like he loves it too! I just love tweed!

    Happy New Year!

  21. julia fc says:

    Awesome sweater (darling model!) and I must must tuck away that zipper facing trick in the mental file. Great idea.

  22. dr chick says:

    I LOVE this sweater! congrats! 🙂