Christmas Sweaters

I've been working on Christmas sweaters so I thought I'd do a blog with photos of my progress to date. The patterns on this page are from the March 2007 Crochet Magazine, and the book Plus size crochet, Fashions that fit and flatter by Margaret Hubert. This is the sweater that I'm making for my sister-in-law only I'm using black yarn. It's a really easy pattern. I've already made one for my mother and it turned out really nice. I used Vanna's yarn that I purchased at Michael's. It works up really fast and sews together nicely. The first Photo is of the back of the sweater. The next photo is of the front sides of the sweater. Since it's a bolo everything looks so small. But, my sister-in-law is a small woman and it looks just right on her. The last

picture of the black sweater is of the sleeve in progress. I hope to be finished in a couple of days.

This next sweater is for my niece. It's worked in a shell patten and is really pretty but it's taking a really long time to work.
The second photo is of the back of the sweater. I used a no. 4 yarn instead of a no. 3 yarn so it is working up larger than it is supposed to but I'm hoping it will work out anyway.