"I made four of your marvelous child size Best Friends Sweaters for my nieces. They have created quite a stir. People call them "works of art". Thank you for selling me your fabulous book!!!!!"
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| Janice's 4 nieces with the Best Friends Sweaters she knit for them. |
"I wanted to make the sweaters as Xmas presents but was afraid the girls would out grow out of them by December. I have been having such a great time with your book Color By Kristin. I made a couple of adjustments of my own, no steeks, I just knit back and forth and I had to really weave the yarn a lot in back of the designs so the kids wouldn't put their fingers through when putting the garments on. ( I only carried for two stitches) And I made ridges for the shoulders that worked well. And I used black when you said not to as I had black and didn't have any washable brown. Anyway, I LOVE your designs and made each sweater completely different using the charts in the back of the book. THANK YOU"
Here are three of Janice's sweaters before she blocked them.
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| 3 of Janice's sweaters before blocking |
Here is a photo of Julia and her friend Bridget. This photo was taken in 2008 when both Julia and Bridget were little. I loved this photo and the sweaters. I'm glad Janice got to make them for her nieces. What a great job she did. My original pattern is knit in the round with steeks. Janice changed it to do back and forth.
4 comments:
Well, that BUNCH are just TOO *CUTE*!! :-D
JANICE, They *and* your Sweaters are absolutely GORGEOUS!! -- They'd all be through College before I could manage to get even ONE of those "done"! You're definitely #BestAuntieEver!!
BTW, Kristin, just go ahead and fill-in the "blank", too! ;-}
#BEST-[enter pronoun of choice]-*EVER*!!
Knitty-*HUGS* to you both!
:-D
wow!! what a beautiful group of little girls and the sweaters are stunning!!!
OH MY WORD!! The sweaters are absolutely a work of art and the nieces add a perfect finishing touch.
I've had Kristin's book for years and it is a real winner with all the custom edgings, charts, embroidery, etc. I can't get enough of the colors; they feed my soul.
I think I need to make the cuffed mittens...........
Blessings and thank you all for sharing, Roxanne
~ WOW x 4 !! ~
Janice's sweaters are so beautiful, as are her nieces.
Stellar knitting.
I love the image of Julia & Bridget. I have a copy of COLOR By Kristin. Its WONDERFUL.
Kristin, maybe you could take a picture of Julia & Bridget holding up their now too little sweaters? :) (teenagers would love that, right ??)
Thanks to Janice for sending the images, those girls have a talented Auntie.
Best,
Shell ~
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