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Kids Cartoon Character Jumpers

I made this for My two twin great-nephews, and great niece

Created by: Doris

  • Project Details

    About

    My project developed after a visit to my niece when she lent me a wheelchair.

    A car battery had dropped on my foot. It did serious damage & the pain was excruciating. I was immobile, I was very depressed.

    That day visiting, I wondered 'what on earth do I get these children for Christmas' as their mother really spoils them.

    Then it dawned on me, the didn't have any hand knitted jumpers.

    I couldn't find a good pattern & in the end I decided to wing it so I could start knitting my heirloom works of art.

    As my fair isle knitted design grew, all my mental thoughts going into getting the pattern right, meant I was able to change focus from my pain to my knitting. It was tough, but I just finished them on Christmas Eve.

    The happy looks on their faces was my reward. Along with the knowledge I got beyond the pain with the help of my beloved knitting. I don't know how I could have gotten through it without having done all this knitting. I think my knitting truly saved my life.

    Yarns

    • material-yarn
      4 Seasons Marvel 8 Ply - Pink ✕ 4.0 balls
    • material-yarn
      4 Seasons Marvel 8 Ply - Apricot ✕ 1 ball
    • material-yarn
      4 Seasons Marvel 8 Ply - Mustard ✕ 1 ball
    • material-yarn
      4 Seasons Marvel 8 Ply - Flesh Tone ✕ 1 ball
    • material-yarn
      4 Seasons Marvel 8 Ply - Sky Blue ✕ 1 ball
    • material-yarn
      4 Seasons Marvel 8 Ply - Pale Yellow ✕ 1 ball
    • material-yarn
      4 Seasons Marvel 8 Ply - Grey ✕ 1 ball
    • material-yarn
      4 Seasons Marvel 8 Ply - Black ✕ 1 ball
    • material-yarn
      4 Seasons Marvel 8 Ply - White ✕ 3.0 balls
    • material-yarn
      4 Seasons Marvel 8 Ply - Red ✕ 1 ball
    • material-yarn
      4 Seasons Marvel 8 Ply - Blue ✕ 6.0 balls
    • material-yarn
      4 Seasons Marvel 8 Ply - Yellow ✕ 1 ball

    Needles & Hooks

    • Single Point 4.00mm (US 6) 40cm
    • Single Point 3.25mm (US 3) 35cm

    Accessories

    Other : Simple sewing needle to sew up the sides and to secure all the fair isle loose threads underneath upon completion.

    Measurements

    Notes: As I had made the pattern in my head, in order to fit the cartoon pictures I used as reference, I had to make measurements as I went along. The only big consideration was the fact that the length was different between the two twin Thomas the Tanks, as one of the twins is taller in height. I accommodated this change near the chimney on that jumper in order to give one more length.

    Tags

    Craft

    Knitting

    Skill Level

    Advanced

    Status

    Complete
    Started on: Jun 1, 2016 Finished on: Dec 24, 2016

  • Comments

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    2 Comments

    • Doris

      Thank you Anne for making leaving such a nice comment. Suppose when you make something with love, it shows.
      I really wanted to make something special for my niece's children given my niece was so kind to me at a really hard time.
      Do you embroider your pattern on yours? I think the is the easier option as so many threads on the go at once, with me doing this fair isle, just got too tangled. I do like the finished products though as the fair isle knitting makes it more 3D, as I had hoped.
      Thanks again for taking your time to leave a message.
      Happy Knitting to you.
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    • Anne T

      These are amazing! Well done! I love doing picture knits.
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