The taste of success...finally

When boy-1 was quite small I decided to design and knit a Nordic sweater for him. I got my graph paper and got started. I learned some interesting facts 1-the traditional colors for a Nordic sweater are/were black and white since those are naturally occurring wool colors 2-The more colors you add to the design, the more cross overs occur on the inside making the sweater warmer (a good thing in Scandinavia) 3-Since it's suggested to alternate colors every 3 stitches or so, pattern sequences are best when small and repeated often. The last thing is that generally the multi-tonal pattern exists on the sleeves, chest, and shoulders of Nordic sweaters since, while working outside sweaters were tucked into pants and couldn't be bulky on the bottom or they would not fit....so these were my guidelines...phew, now for the project. After graphing out and test knitting what seemed like a whole heard of wonky horses, I finally got a winning reindeer for the final design.

I did some small designs around edges and around the shoulder/chest region. Minus my designs this can be a blank slate basic cardigan pattern where any design could be added. I have this in both 12-18 mos size and a 2T size. I'd be happy to email it to anybody interested. Just let me know which size.

Here is another example of the same basic cardigan with a different design. (Click photo to enlarge)