Ritzy and Annis, your sweaters are terrific! Passing them on is a great idea. My mother knitted a child's sweater with a horse head on the back and horse shoes on the front panels that is now proudly being worn by the 3rd generation.

That is really pretty Annis. And I would say yes do hand it on to be worn by your DGD if she likes it too. In my book if something is made to be used, then it is a shame not to use it if possible.

I'm enjoying seeing all of the creative mug rugs. Wish I had time to join you. I remember knitting a sweater 40 some years ago. The process was too slow for me, but I did crochet a few sweaters in the early '80s. This is the only one I kept. It was an original design and a finalist in a McCall's magazine contest. I have a Polaroid picture of me wearing it somewhere. There's no chance of that happening again because it will no longer fit over my head. Do you suppose I should hand it down to my oldest DGD who is 11 before she outgrows it if she hasn't already!

Yep!

Sounds to me like he was appreciating the gift and it was serving its' purpose well.

Hummmm...I'd say he's a well-dressed stockman !! You're a good sister !

Lots of past blasting going on. The first...maybe second... sweater I ever knitted was a fisherman's knit. After a year of struggling to understand a pattern with what turned out to have several printing errors, I finally finished it and gave it to my brother. The sleeves were a little ape-like; my fault, I'm sure, but you can only block so much. The last time I saw it he was wearing it to feed cattle in a Colorado blizzard. No outer coat needed! I shouldn't have been amazed by how much hay can get trapped in those cables. What an ignoble ending! LOL!!

Now you have reminded me of another blast from the past - my mother used to get the wool in skeins and we (my sisters and I) would have to take turns winding the wool or holding the skeins. I remember feeling very grown up when I was able to do both jobs by myself.

I get tennis elbow too--especially with that sweater--it is really heavy. I bought the yarn and had it wound at the shop--they didn't give me the tag that went with it so I don't know what brand or anything else on it.

This is such a busy group of friends! Ritzy your sweater is awesome! All the mug rugs are so unique and wonderful.
I finished my latest art quilt and will be able to make some more mug rugs this weekend. Yay!
Hugs to all my mug rug friends!

Geneva

Knitting is my other love. Great job. Rita, when I get tennis elbow I give it a very long rest and then take it up again when the inflamation subsides. Ritzy, that sweater is quite an accomplishment and beautiful too.

I have Lorchen, Norma, and Charae on my mug rug list. Lorchen's is finished waiting to be mailed when I get the others done. I am done with the Chinese Whisper Quilt. I am done with travels. Hopefully, I'll soon be back in the mug rug business and then I will be wanting to add to my list. It's such a great way to develop new skills.

That looks beautiful Ritzy. I got Carol Feller's free class on Craftsy and it was very good. I am wondering what yarn you used? Here we would use aran weight wool. When I was young my mother used to knit aran jumpers with oiled wool. She liked it because the lanolin in the wool was kind to her hands and it knitted faster and smoother. I learned to knit the different cable stitches from watching her. For years here knitting aran jumpers and cardigans was a cottage industry where women made extra pin money by making them for the big companies who sold them abroad and to tourists. Now a lot of them are done by machine sadly. I have always loved knitting and really miss it (it's great to do while watching television) because it gives me tennis elbow really badly.

Ritzy, your cable sweater looks great. It's a difficult pattern to make and especially in dark yarn.

I have Lois, Cathy, Nancy (rehak) and Maureen left on my mug rug list. Working slowly but steadily to get them done.