The Squirrel Sweater

How many clicks of the shutter button

does it take

to capture one good shot of the elusive E playing at being Sasquatch?

A lot more than these. 

The "acorn hat" was purchased by a friend at a local holiday craft fair 5 years ago or so, handknit from acrylic yarn and indestructible.

He requested his "favorite buttons",  leather ones like these that he'd seen in my button jar.  There weren't enough in there, though, so these ones were purchased new.

Unblocked and already covered in bits of lichen and tree bark from climbing trees and bringing firewood into the house:

Yarn: Plymouth Galway Highland Heather #728, unsure how much as this yarn has seen three other attempts at being sweaters for me, frogged, skeined, washed and rewound between each new try.  The second sleeve had to be reknit after knitting it and realizing it was from a darker dye lot.  Brown and off-white yarn are Patons Classic Merino Wool , from stash, too.  I totally swiped the color combo from Michelle's thrifted version of this sweater on her cutie here. 

Pattern: a vintage, thrifted Patons pattern book,"Raglans for 2 to 12 in Canadiana by Beehive".  Unfortunately it's a little on the small side for E so  I doubt it will fit him still in the fall.  I think I knit a size 6 but wish I'd gone up a a size from that.  The body was knit all in one piece and the sleeves were knit in the round.  Decreased the width of the collar by about an inch.  Squirrel's eyes are french knots rather than duplicate stitched.

More from down the road by the creek that day:

Guess who likes to wear red?  After two sweaters for his little brother, he's due a sweater next.

And I'm having a thing for red doors lately.  C's building us a new front door which we're thinking might end up being red.

Comments

[Leslie]

What a wonderful sweater! I love everything about it.

[lolly]

it is just so cute! Love the colorwork! great photos too ;)

[Elli]

Love the sweater! The squirrels are just too much.

[Elli]

(Too much in a good way) :)

[Hege]

I love the squirrel sweater!
And the photos are great!

Have a nice weekend :)

[Charity]

GREAT sweater! So sweet, and I'm happy you finally found a use for this nice yarn. :0) (Although I was really hoping Ariann would work out!)

[Kristin]

I adore red doors! The sweater is adorable too. I love the one where he's leaning against the tree.

[Jen]

The sweater looks great--he's such a cutie in it--and that acorn hat too!

I've been wanting to paint our door red too. It's purple now, but so dark it's hard to tell.

[aubree]

so sweet--love the sweater and the sweet face inside it. and the acorn hat for the squirrel sweater--too cute!

[Colleen]

The leaf/ice photo took my breath away.

[Michelle]

A squirrel sweater should be difficult to photograph, no? Darting hither and thither and such. Yours looks so wonderful, better made, and the buttons are just right. He's got a good eye. :)

I think an adult one would be nice, too.

Thanks for making this, for connecting the world one pattern at a time.

[Jennifer]

Just got back from my honeymoon and loved catching up on all your doings. E. looks precious in his squirrel sweater. I'm so glad he got to participate in the process by selecting the buttons. He's going to remember this great sweater when he's a Dad and telling his kids about "this great sweater I had when I was a kid"

BTW - your new shoes totally rock! I'm so glad you splurged.

[Jan]

Everything about that sweater is charming...the style, the colors, the buttons, the squirrels! And the shots of E wearing it couldn't be cuter.

[Shann in Spokane]

Red doors bring fortune according to feng shui tradition!

[Nan]

Possibly the cutest sweater I've ever seen! If only I could knit!

[Ellen]

Ah, yes the elusive squirrel sweater...it looks very fun and warm and he obviously likes it; hiking, climbing, scouting, adventuring, pretending - what a compliment to you!

[Linda]

Oh, sigh, what a beautiful place to live.