I knit this sweater after seeing a sweater knit by Kim that was inspired by another sweater that was knit by…me. She knit it with the green gradient yarn for her oldest child, and Clara and Alex have very similar taste in green so I decided to knit one for Alex. I’ve never knit a yoked sweater for him and I thought it would be the best way to use up the gradient yarn. Alex asked for a zipper.

I measured a sweat shirt he’d been wearing regularly to get the correct size, and selected the closest size available from the Ann Budd book. I knit it exactly as written other than adding the appropriate amount of length to the bottom to fit my taller-than-average boy. The cuffs were knit out of Gradient to help hide dirt, and the neck was knit in Rios to reduce itchiness. I had to special order the zipper through an etsy shop and paid more for shipping than I did for the zipper, lol. I spent Christmas Eve hand sewing the zipper into the sweater while watching Christmas movies. He loves it.