My First Class Project

I've totally changed my mind about my first project for my knitting class coz I found this beautiful baby boy sweater from the book Total Baby Knits by Candi Jensen. I don't have any kids who could wear it yet, but I swear, this pattern blew my mind when I first saw it. I just gotta knit it. The pattern is called Fair Isle Friend and below is what the sweater should look like:


Pretty eh?? The pattern calls for Cascade Pastazas... but Personal Threads don't carry that yarn so I bought Gallaway yarns as an alternative. The main color that I am using is Gallaway Heather #711 and the 2 contrasting colors for the fair isle stitches are solid colors #152 and #83. Basically, it's the same palette as on the picture above.


It was a bit of a struggle knitting with 3 different colors at the same time but my instructor, Lydia, taught me ways on how to carry the yarns with my fingers. I started with the back piece and I am now at that part where I shape the armpit section. My target is to finish all parts of the sweater before next Thursday so Lydia can teach me how to sew the ends together.