Start of a Custom Sweater

Start of a Custom Sweater

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My cousin reached out to me recently and asked if I could make a sweater for her daughter-in-law, who happens to be this gorgeous twenty-something hippy. I said that I absolutely could. 

This is the sweater she wants:

by Shop Fluffy

Except she wants it car coat length. 

Like the Exeter Gansey Sweater by Annie's I made for my daughter, Stefani, last year. 

Since there isn’t a pattern available for the flower sweater, and I’ve never designed one of my own, I am using the measurements from a similar sweater pattern that I do have. 

Granny Car Coat by Annies

I am also using a flower square from another similar pattern (although, I have had to make a few adjustments to the original pattern to make it work for me.)

Bernat Handicrafter Flower Power Beach Bag

 

Now, the original sweater has flower squares on one half and the other side is a zig-zag pattern. This is going to be interesting to say the least. 

I went shopping at LoveCrafts.

The yarn order landed on my doorstep yesterday.

  I'm using Paintbox Cotton DK in Rose Red, Blood Orange, Buttercup Yellow, Marine Blue, Grass Green, and Lipstick Pink.

I quoted 4 weeks to finish. Let's do this!