Chuck – A New Sweater Pattern

Can you believe that I almost forgot about this? I opened my date book to September for the first time last week, and I saw that I penciled in releasing this pattern. Things have been busy, and can you imagine how long it would take me to publish this if I hadn’t written myself a reminder?

chuck01

I’m happy to present Chuck to you, just in time for the weather to start cooling down. I’m really looking forward to wearing mine because I finished knitting it right before the start of spring so I only have worn it a handful of times. It looks great over a dress, but it also works well layered over a button down.

chuck02

I struggled to come up with a good name for this pattern, and I didn’t even figure it out until I was done with the actual sweater. I was working on a different project while watching Pushing Daisies when the name hit me. The sweater reminded me of Chuck, so I named it after her. I’m not sure that people will immediately pick up on that, and they might not understand why a cutesy sweater is named Chuck, but I thought it was perfect.

chuck03

And now for the boring stuff! The sweater is worked seamlessly from the top down. First you knit the top of the back, then you pick up stitches for the shoulders and eventually everything is joined together and knit in the round. The sleeves are picked up and shaped using short rows. It comes in sizes from XS to 3X, and I’m wearing size M with 2-3 inches of negative ease. I knit mine using Cascade 220 on 5 mm needles. The pattern is $6.50, and you can buy it now or check it out on Ravelry.


Posted

in

by

Tags:

Comments

17 responses to “Chuck – A New Sweater Pattern”

  1. It’s beautiful! Congrats !

  2. Yay! I wasn’t sure if you were planning on releasing a pattern for this one, so I’m excited to see it! Now, to figure out a good non-100%-wool yarn to sub so that I can actually wear it in Southern California….

    1. It took awhile to get a pattern put together because my lap top kept dying and life stuff kept getting in the way. Good luck finding the perfect substitute!

  3. I’ve been waiting for this!

  4. Very pretty! I love the cables ๐Ÿ™‚

  5. Sooo pretty! Really gorgeous work. Congrats!

  6. It is gorgeous!!

  7. Fabulous!

    Ohhh why did you have to say pushing daisies? I loved that show. Chuck is a perfect name for your design!

  8. Absolutely lovely, great work!

  9. That is a GREAT pattern! And the color is just divine and perfect for the fall!

  10. I definitely would have reminded you ๐Ÿ™‚
    Another beautiful pattern Andi!

  11. Really like this. I’m going to put it on my ‘things to try once I learn how to knit jumpers’

  12. Chuck is a great name for it! I loved that show ๐Ÿ™‚ the sweater is so lovely!

  13. This is cute! And queued.

  14. I saw you cracked the top 20 on ravelry, so congrats! The sweater really did come out great. And I think Chuck is a good name. It is already stuck in my mind.

    1. Ooh! Thank you for letting me know!

  15. Andi, I know I’ve said it before, but you just have the loveliest style. And this sweater is one of my favorites you’ve knit! I don’t know if I can pull off the cropped sweater, but I’m going to seriously consider trying!

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.