How I Made A Moose Sweater | Episode 87
Here’s how to use a motley collection of leftovers to recreate a #famousknit from How I Met Your Mother that doubles as an ugly Christmas sweater. There’s the usual podcast chatter as I finish my sweater and try a weirdo armpit fix. Now you can make your own moose sweater and be cool like me. Sigh.
Don’t miss my full instructions in this blog post.
Cringe More:
- the blog: https://myso-calledhandmadelife.com/
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mysocalledhandmadelife/?hl=en
- ravelry: https://www.ravelry.com/projects/mamatronic
Links mentioned in the video:
- My Moose on Ravelry: https://www.ravelry.com/projects/mamatronic/ugly-christmas-moose
- Knitting Without Tears – Elizabeth Zimmerman: https://www.schoolhousepress.com/knitting-without-tears.html
- How I Met Your Mother Sweater backstory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2FNv6-neL8&t=24s
- How I Met Your Mother: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460649/
- Cascade Ecological in brown and cream: https://www.cascadeyarns.com/product/ecological-wool
- Patons Classic in Aran Tweed: https://www.yarnspirations.com/products/patons-classic-wool-worsted-yarn
- Wool of the Andes Worsted in Grizzley Heather tweed and Reindeer Heather
- Berroco Campus in a brown: https://berroco.com/yarns/berroco-campus
- Intarsia Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB4VDY0m-4I&t=373s
- Mattress stitch tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQnAfTmI0iA
- Kitchener Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-jEGCUed0s
- My Christmas stocking patterns:
- https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/fair-isle-and-geometric-stockings
- https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/triangle-and-reindeer-stockings
- https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/main-attraction-stockings
- https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/main-attraction-stockings
- plus one I made up using the above cast ons.
- most of these can be found in one place: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/sources/twice-as-nice/patterns
