Max is a Nintendo fanatic, especially Super Mario. He finished the Super Mario Galaxy - the WHOLE GAME (with Luigi and everthing) which is quite a feat. I think there are about 125 worlds or something crazy like that. He's defeated them all.
I fell in love with Rowan Kids. I was originally looking for a hooded vest for my daughter. I have this nutty idea to make one in blue with a wildcat paw print in white on the back. Fridays are Spirit Days at her school and she is always looking for blue clothes to wear. Given that she is a girl and always liked pink and purple, this has been a challenge. I figured what a perfect excuse to buy some yarn (snicker), practice my newfound seaming skills, and do some colorwork.
Rowan Kids is chock full of cute kids' patterns, sizes 5 - 12. I purchased one at one of my FLYs after looking high and low for an appropriate pattern. I thought surely it would be easy to find a pattern with my specifications: hooded vest, pullover, in worsted weight. Nope...except for Tait that is included in Kids. Finding a pattern for Max's sweater was such a bonus.
I am knitting Iggy. I am using Plymouth Encore Tweed. I thought that I would just knit it plain with no embellishment. However, when I knit, my mind wanders to the person that I am knitting for. In this case, I could not get Mario Brothers out of my mind and it occurred to me how cute it would be to knit one of the characters on the back. I came across the Goomba Hat Pattern on Ravelry. It's just a hat with a Goomba Face. I decided to put the face on the back of his sweater. I stranded the yarn for the main part of the face; I will use duplicate stitches for the eyebrows.
So far so good.
