I've begged to add cables. Nope. I've asked to make it ribbed. Nope. How about a v-neck? I've never made a v-neck before! Nope. He wants it plain, and he hates ribbing for some reason, so I'll finish off the cuffs and neckband with either moss stitch or crab stitch. If it weren't for the fact that he remodeled the bathroom and pretty much painted two rooms by himself, I'd scoff at the idea of making him a plain sweater. However, he did concede to letting me add some green racing stripes to one sleeve, and I'm also thinking about adding a little green skull and crossbones somewhere. It will be a surprise!
Anticipating the miles of stockinette I'll have to knit to complete the body, I tried to convince him that tight sweaters look super sexy on men. Nope. In fact, the he wanted positive ease. And did I mention that this is knit up in Hempathy, that yarn that is a skinny DK?
Last night, I tried the sweater on him now that the armholes are complete. Success! Of course, it looks like he's wearing some sort of top that goes well with Daisy Dukes (sadly, he wouldn't let me take a picture), but the critical parts are all done.
Now, back to knitting miles of stockinette...
How about this: You know that thing that Elizabeth Zimmermann does? . . . where she folds the hem at the bottom of the sweater inside the sweater and knits messages into the lining? Does that make sense. Her bottom hem folds up so no one can see, but gives some umph to the bottom of the sweater. She knits a message on the part that will be turned up. It's on her dvd, I think. One of her workshops.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, you could go crazy there. He might not notice at first.