Pleased with the experience from the first pattern, I tried another one, pattern 106, for another couple of expectant friends. This one was also only the sweater.
Knowing the mother wasn't a fan of stereotypical boy and girl colors, I debated for the longest time between mint green and lavender, eventually settling on the mint green, which I was quite pleased with.
I had to pull it out and start over because I realized I was adding stitches because I didn't understand the pattern, but once I figured it out, it was almost intuitive. I only had to reference the pattern a few times to make sure I was doing the right number of stitches. The main body used the back loops of the stitches, giving the sweater a delightful texture of ridges and valleys.
This piece was a lot of fun and turned out absolutely gorgeous with a slender white ribbon with silver trim as the tie-closure and its "bead" trim around the whole piece. Unfortunately, I didn't get a picture before I presented it to dad to take home.
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