FO: Flax Pullover (Part I)

Late last fall, I cast on a pullover for my hubby as I wanted to give him a hand-knitted gift for Christmas. He's above average in height and slim but having never knit a man-size sweater before, I was a little apprehensive. After all, I've only knit garments for me and Miranda, and we're on the small side.  For this project, I needed to think differently about width and length and overall stitch count.  

You already know how much I love working with Patons Classic Wool so yarn choice was a no-brainer especially as I wanted this sweater to be a hard-working wardrobe staple ~ and seriously, don't you love this olive colorway?  My sister, Esther, picked up 1,400 yards for me to knit the medium/large size of Tin Can Knits' Flax pullover, and I took only two weeks to knit it.

This is a well-written pattern and for anyone knitting their first top-down raglan pullover, I highly recommend it. The only modification that I made was not knitting the garter stitch panels down the sleeves ~ I'm not a big fan of this detail so omitted them. 

Hubby loved getting this sweater from me but I'm going to be completely honest here ... it wasn't a complete success.  I'll save that story for another post so stay tuned.