knitting | scrappy flax sweaters.

My sister in law loves a matching outfit on her three boys. I usually knit them all the same pattern and add personal flair for each of them (my oldest nephew, Tyler, loves yellows and greens; my middle nephew, Ryan, likes pink and orange; and my youngest nephew, Grant, likes anything you put on him at this point).Enter their Christmas presents this year--scrappy Flax sweaters. This is my first time knitting this pattern and I have no idea what I was waiting for. It's simple but has some interesting details to keep you entertaining, and unending sizing in good chunks for little kids so that my nephews can wear these this winter, but also grow into them further (win, win!).I have loads of bits and ends of really super yarns like Madelinetosh Tosh Vintage and Malabrigo Rios (oh, I can't forget the TINY bit of Tanis Fiber Arts) laying around and figured I could use them up if I made these Flax sweaters in bold stripes. Plus, if you can't wear a yellow and pink sweater at 3 years old, when can you?I did make a little mistake on my oldest nephew's version--I didn't leave the center sleeve stitches in garter stitch, instead somehow managing to use it all the way around the sleeve stitches. Whoops. The knitting hive mind has assured me it's a small detail and no one will notice; I couldn't for the life of me figure out how to rip back when I didn't notice this mistake until I'd basically finished the body.At least his will be most unique, right?The yarn is the aforementioned in colors like espadrilles, copper penny, frank ochre, azul profundo, yerba, lettuce, glazed carrots, and chris gray. It was the perfect use for a bunch of scraps in my stash.Here's to hoping my nephews love them. Finished snaps, soon.