Gnomes Six Month
This is an adaptation of the Gnomes Three Years sweater. Here there are only two gnomes standing before a door in the base of a tree. They stand in a field of tiny variegated red flowers, with much greenery behind them. One gnome stands alone on each sleeve. The neck, wrists, and hem trim is alternating stripes of variegated red and dark blue.
Is this practical for a six month old? I really think it needs a clasp opening at the neck, at the very least. I've never liked the shoulder button openings I tried when I first started knitting. I would redo this with a clasp.
Horses Sixteen
Here is a the original version of the Horse Seven Years sweater. This was knit for the older sister of the twin boys who liked tractors, so the same apple trees in various states of development appeared on this farm scene. I tried to included as many colored horses as my yarn supply could muster.
Lighthouse Six Months
This was an adaptation of the Lighthouse One year sweater.
Northern Lights Eleven
This is an adaptation of Levin's Northern Lights sweater. Here the sides curve in, for this was knit specifically for a teenage girl. The Northern Lights sweaters lend themselves to so much variation, depending on the color schemes that appeal.
NORTHERN LIGHTS ADULT
I adapted the Northern lights pattern for an Aurora loving adult. I designed graphs for three sizes: small, medium, and large.
On the back are two penguins on ice under the Aurora Australis in shades of turquoise. On the front are two polar bears under the red and turquoise northern lights. The sleeves have the lights in reds and turquoises. The wrists and hem trim is white stars on shades of blue. The neck, wrists, and hem trim is rainbow rows.
O Canada adult
This was inspired by Ted Harrison's beautiful book O Canada. He painted scenes for each province. It is such a treasure!
On the front is the scene for Quebec, with old houses and a peachy swirly sky. The back is the scene for the Northwest Territories, with an elk and a wolf in a bare landscape of amazing colors. The left sleeve is British Columbia, with an Orca swimming in a deep blue sea, and the right sleeve is Newfoundland and Labrador, with a blue whale and more swirling colorful skies. Maple leaves in red on white are at the wrists and hems. There is also a trim of white snowflakes on dark blue. The neck, wrists, and hem have a trim of red and variegated blue stripes.
I am not Canadian, but my family loves the amazing anthem and Ted Harrison's transcendent book.
A number of people were interested in an adult version of my seven-year sweater, so I decided to upsize this sweater. This was very hard to knit!
Totoros Eleven
And Totoros. This is a very simple version. It must have been an early version. As I kept knitting these, I had to add elements to entertain myself: See below.
Totoros Adult
And here there are full trees in the background.
Totoros II Adult
This is my second Totoro inspired sweater and an updated size of my Seven Year sweater. We just saw My Neighbor Totoro in the theatre with two of our granddaughters and I loved it more this time! On the front the three Totoros are sitting on a tree branch over a pond, with greenery and sky and clouds behind them. On the back the Totoros are stretching to make the seeds grow into trees, under a moonlit sky. The mirrored sleeves show the blue and white Totoros gathering acorns into a bag and gathering blueberries from a bush. The wrists and hem have trim patterns of acorns on a blue background and red mushrooms against a lighter blue sky. The neck trim is dark blue and variegated blue stripes.