Yeah! This is my dad’s sweater, full of cables and cables and cables and, did I mention the cables? This was probably the most fun of all my Christmas projects. It’s made of Gedifra Shetland, a mix of wool and alpaca, so it’s very soft and the cables make the fabric spongy and extra warm. This sweater accompanied me on weekends at the beach, up the hill in San Francisco on a cable car, on multiple airplanes and was my constant lunch companion for all of October. I thought it was going to be hard to give up until I saw my dad wearing it - it was like he’d always had it on.
Dad had cautioned me before that he wasn’t a “sweater wearing kind of a guy” because they made him feel too dressy. This one, though, is a very rugged sweater that he can roll around in the dirt with and no one will be able to tell! I think that sealed the deal.
January 7th, 2003 at 12:11 pm
The sweater is beautiful. Looks great on your dad. I bet it’s really warm with the alpaca and all those cables. GREAT JOB!
January 7th, 2003 at 4:19 pm
That sweater is so great, you did such a good job. I’m working on my first cabled sweater and you have inspired me that it’s not going to be a mangled mess of mismeasurements and such.
January 7th, 2003 at 4:29 pm
Gosh, it looks like it was made for him! (Oh har har, I guess it was!) I had never thought about this phrase before! I’m inspired– Did you guess on measurements, or did you do some stealth work?
January 7th, 2003 at 5:54 pm
Beautiful work Jamie!
January 7th, 2003 at 7:07 pm
Yay!!! All that hard work is paying off fantastically! Such a lucky dad, too! You better be careful… you’re setting quite the precedent for the rest of us daughters out here LOL
January 7th, 2003 at 10:12 pm
Looks awesome! Great job finding just the right pattern. Looks like he loves it!
January 8th, 2003 at 12:41 pm
that’s sme pretty serious work! looks great!
January 8th, 2003 at 7:47 pm
Yes this guy really loves it!!!!
And it is warm, I’ve worn it on the golf course on a cold windy Colorado day and been very cosey! Didn’t help my game though but I really looked sharp. Thank you very much Punkin
Love Dad
January 9th, 2003 at 3:00 pm
Hi Jamie, This sweater looks great on your Dad! It truly is complimentary for him. The colors are perfect. The pattern is AWESOME! You made some excellent choices here!Congratulations on such a great job! Sincerely, Cindy (WI/MA)