My favorite patterns!

I have 2 favorite patterns which I use over and over!
The first is the vintage pattern I got from my mum which I hope one day to find the number for so i can share it with you guys and hopefully you too will fall in love with this awesome pattern!

The second is King Cole 3404 Boys sweater and hooded slipover (although I've yet to make the slipover!)

so here are some of the jumpers I've made with these patterns;

Firstly the vintage hayfield pattern:
My first ever jumper that I knitted for myself and actually enjoy wearing! (Ive knitted quite a few but hate most of them)

I googled star knitting chart and used that for a while until i made a mistake and then just went with whatever i felt like and ended up with this! The idea was to use up some left over wool I had lying around! I will admit though after washing and tumble drying (I know I shouldn't but I do tumble dry pretty much everything!) its got a bit big! But I love it and it's my favorite jumper!

I also made a star wars inspired one for my husband for Christmas one year, but he never wears it becuase he says its too small! Husbands can be picky and irritating sometimes haha

I used Excel and made the cells in the spreadsheet into small squares and pretty much drew out the whole design on the computer before I knitted it. The front took ages but it was worth it. Guess I'll have to make another one for him, better get planning...

I also made the smallest version of this pattern and a cardigan for my eldest Eli who is starting school in August

All i can say is button bands are a nightmare!


And finally my latest (possibly less exciting one) is the one I converted to an in the round pattern

Now onto the boys jumpers. Having 3 little boys I try to make things for them whenever I can and as they are all under 5 I can still dress them how I want without too many arguments (I don't think that will last long tho haha).


This is the first one I made using the king cole pattern

this one has been worn by my eldest Eli and now passed down to Conan. I'm hoping my youngest, Solomon will get some wear out of it too (eventually)

Then I made a mini star wars jumper, but the neck shaping went a little wrong so they dont wear this one often

Eli asked for a rainbow jumper (which I couldn't find to take a photo of - it's probably in amongst the mountain fo washing I always seem to have)
And he also asked for a dinosaur jumper because he's obsessed with anything to do with dinosaurs.

Again I just googled dinosaur chart and found this one. Eli did complain though that there was "only a triceratops" and he "needed a t-rex aswell" so watch this space for another dinosaur jumper!

And finally a jumper for Conan (no sure why my phone has made it look bright red - its maroon)
I increased a stitch in the centre of the sleeves for an even number of stitches and added a 6 stitch cable up each sleeve.

I really like this effect and have some lovely green wool waiting to be used so may well make myself a jumper or cardigan with the same cable sleeves!








And thats it. My 2 favorite patterns used in some (i think) very different ways. Its amazing to think what you can do with a knitting pattern to customise your project. For example, I found that the king cole pattern used a 2x2 rib for the cuffs which made the neck sit a little strange, but using a 1x1 rib seemed to solve this. Also it had a rib on the raglan which I didn't like so I changed that to a garter stitch in Conans jumper and knitted the decrease right at the ends on Eli's dinosaur jumper and both work really well!

**Update** If anyone is interested in making a star wars jumper you can find the chart that I made on ravelry star wars chart. If you use it please post your photos in the comments!