MonkeySweater.

I used the monkey chart from the backpack design in the first StichnBitch book, and slapped it onto a sweater design from The Yarn Girls Guide to Kid Knits.

This is my first serious intarsia project. It turned out….ok.

I charted the banana for the front myself, using a program called x-stitch professional; it has an option to set up the stitches to the correct gauge/shape for knitting instead of cross stitch.

The yarn is from elann.com; it’s Pisco by Katia, a cotton/acrylic/linen blend. I’m not excited about using it again; it tended to separate a lot. The collar and bottom edges are seed stitch, the rest is stockinette.

It’s for the fairy godchild, and it will probably be huge on her. But, hey, monkeys!