This is turning into a season of sweaters for me. First up was the Lakeshore Cardigan.
This cardigan is knit in Fleece Artist Seawool – it used 2 skeins (actually about 1.5 skeins) for the size shown (9 year old). The cardigan is about 2/3 length, and has a lace edging along the bottom and on the sleeve cuffs. It has a smaller lace edging along the front and the collar. The Seawool has lovely shades of blue and turquoise that blend nicely together in the cardigan.
The pattern is my own.
It was completed in the beginning of October, and has already gotten a lot of use.
Next up is a raglan sweater for my 4 year old. This one is knit in Wollmeise Sockenwolle 100% superwash in a marvellous green colour (Grashüpfer). It used about 600 m (700 yds) of wool, which is a little more than one skein.
Note the “cool” pose of the model – he insisted on it himself. Hands in pockets, or no picture at all. 
And obviously TWO sweaters is nowhere near enough if you have three kids. So the third sweater is already on the needles. This one is also knit in Wollmeise, in a bright blue (Kornblume) and green (Grashüpfer).
The sweater is improvised and knit in the round. I haven’t quite decided if this will be a raglan sweater or some other construction around the shoulders. We’ll see when we get there. I did really like the minimal seaming required for the Grashüpfer sweater above (just a few stitches by the armholes), but of course there are lots of other options available.
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