Tintin Jumper
This was a special surprise birthday gift for my nephew Kurt, who is a big fan of Tintin. I used the pattern for “Jumper with Raglan Sleeves” from Panda Handknits #204 (“11 Handknits for Kids”). I noticed that in many of the illustrations of Tintin he’s wearing a sky blue jumper, so that decided me on the colour. Ma Snook provided me with a picture of Tintin and Snowy, which I transferred to knitter’s graph paper in Photoshop. The main areas of colour were knit in intarsia, but the smaller details (Snowy’s tongue and nose, and the black outlines on their faces) were embroidered on after the fact. I also decided to put “TINTIN” in block letters down one of the sleeves, just to keep it interesting. It was a fairly quick knit, and the only annoyance was weaving in all the ends and sewing it together. (I normally like to knit in the round, but the intarsia in this case prevented that.) I knitted it out of Filatura di Crosa Zara, and I probably used 9 balls of the blue and 1 of the white. (I used scraps of random 8ply for the other colours.) I used 4mm needles and finished it in just over a month. He and his parents are coming over Friday for dinner… I hope he likes it! (Ravelry details.)
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That looks fab!
Lucky nephew.
I wonder about the copyright issues here…
(ducks to avoid Kris throwing a shoe at me!)
I suppose I deserve that… YOU SOCK STEALER, YOU. 🙂
Like it? He’ll love it. But why does he want a jumper with Kevin Rudd on the front?????!!
It’s wonderful.
Oh, and don’t worry about the copyright issues, Bex. I believe Kris is considered somewhat of an expert in some quarters!
Amusingly enough, Kurt actually met Kevin Rudd in a bookstore in Crows Nest a few weeks before the election! And they talked about their mutual Tintin connection… 🙂
I know. That’s why I mentioned it (that Keven admits that the press portray him as Tintin etc etc)
Um…does that come in adult sizes? Holy CRAP that is the coolest! I have been wanting Tintin flannel jammies for EVS (which may not even exist anywhere but my mind)…
I always knew it but this clinches it–you are *incredibly* talented, Kris!
Tintin always gives me the heebeegeebies… But it is a lovely executed jumper.