Scandinavian Cardigan is Dunzo!

I finished the Scandinavian Cardigan for my little buddy Alex, and it is being blocked as I type. I need to find some nice pewter buttons...think I have a bag of them around here somewhere. I'll take a pic. when it's got the buttons, so you all can see how cute it is! I used Lamb's Pride worsted weight yarn, and I think it is soft enough for my boy, who is very sensitive to texture and only likes 'soft' things.

Very nice pattern, so nice that I am scrambling to knit 3 MORE of them for the brothers. They will be perfect for Christmas photos. Of course, I didn't escape unscathed by the mistake fairy. I misread the color work chart when I was knitting the yoke pattern, and one stitch was off. I noticed right away, and went back and looked at the chart and misread it again. So finished the sweater, and as I was weaving in ends decided to look at that chart one more time. Sure enough, I had done it wrong. I managed to fix the error by duplicate stitching over the mistakes, but could have saved myself a LOT of time if I had only trusted my eyes and re-knit it correctly.

And one more note: generally I don't wash my sweaters when blocking them. I usually either use my steam iron and block them on the ironing board, or I just get them wet and then lay them out to dry. But I decided to throw some mild detergent in and let this sweater soak in the sink for about 20 minutes. I was amazed at how dirty the rinse water was! Either this yarn has been sitting on a shelf gathering dust for a while, or I dragged this project through the mud. I think I'll be washing all my sweaters when blocking from now on!