I Just Want To Bang On The Drums All Day.

MUC's Tomten Jacket is complete. Well, complete with the exception of needing buttons. But, otherwise, it's complete. So, after I picked up the Things from school today, I dragged MUC out into the backyard for a little photo session. While yes, we do live in Georgia, and yes, it did get to 90 today, no, my son was not sweating as a result of my forcing him to wear a wool sweater in 85 degree heat and 70 percent humidity. He was sweaty when I picked him up from school. That's my story anyway.

The coolest part of this sweater, in my opinion, is the yarn. I had 3 skeins of plain, old natural colored Paton's wool. MUC and I decided that we would see what damage we could do to it, and the green, blue and rust color are what he, I and some Wilton's dye came up with. I purchased the charcoal gray Cascade 220 to bring it all together (and since I knew I was going to need another skein of yarn). The Tomten is an Elizabeth (The Most Holy One) Zimmermann pattern and is really an easy knit. I have one planned for GLB as well, but he wanted something more simple, so no dyeing of yarn for that one.