The Wonderful Wallaby is an adorable little hooded sweater with a pouch on the front and a good. It's the hoodie sweatshirt that almost everyone loves for a casual day, but it's made better by using lovely yarn and hand knit. You use worsted weight yarn and simple stitches to create this sweater with very easy to understand pattern instructions.
This time, I'm doing something special and inserting a dinosaur into the pocket design. It will be a size 4T and my son chose the colors. The main body is light gray: Cascade Yarns 220 Superwash in Spaceneedle. The dinosaur is done in black, using a Lamb's pride washable yarn in black. The teeth will be either duplicate stitched or embroidered on and the eye will be blue, using some leftover Cascade 220 Superwash in blue from the Abate Sweater I made him.
The sleeves are something I'm playing with a little. I didn't do the increases as suggested by the pattern. I decided that since my son is so slim, I would do the sleeves a little slimmer so he isn't "swimming" in the sweater. I hope that the sweater looks good when I'm done. I'm finished with the first sleeve and on to the next one. The overall fit is a little larger so he will fit into it longer. I'm really unsure of how this will go....
I've been asked by my son to leave the good off on this wallaby. I sure wish I'd have known he didn't want the good sooner, as I would have chosen a different pattern for this, but no worries, I will come up with something. I'm at the point of attaching the sleeves, so it's time to search through the patterns I have and read over them to make any changes needed. I think it will be rather straight forward, since I will follow the wallaby up to the neckline and then just not of the v split in front or the hood. I will post when finished.
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