Two Tone Bad Ass Skull Sweater

I've made this mild mannered two tone cardigan into a bad ass with these skull motif patch pockets.
I haven't yet added the tortoise shell buttons in the top picture, but below you can see how the finished cardigan looks in my Etsy shop.

You can read more about it Here at My Good Babushka.

Men's Green Cabled Cardigan

Almost finished! I'm just waiting for the buttons. I've ordered some really nice wooden buttons to finish this sweater. You can see that I've marked the position for the buttons. I've folded it over so you can see the pretty cable pattern is also on the back. This is a men's cardigan 42" across the chest.

Green Cabled Cardigan

I've finished the fronts and sewed them to the back. As you can see, there is no button band! The pattern has me knitting it separately and sewing it in place. Yuck! Next time, I will knit it as part of the fronts. No need to add more sewing, that's the least fun part. I've also started a sleeve which will feature the same pretty cables.

Green Cabled Cardigan

The right front is finished and here I am working up the left side, almost ready to knit in the second pocket lining.

Men's Green Cardigan

The fronts are sewn to the back, and the button placket band was worked separately and sewn on. I think I will rewrite the pattern so that the button placket is included during the knitting of the fronts, because I find a separate button placket hard to wrangle, and then there's the matching up of the button markers and buttonholes, and making the seam come together at the back of the neck... just, ugh. No thanks. The first picture is the first sleeve in progress. It also features that pretty cable pattern.

Men's Green Cardigan

I've finished the right front and now I'm working on the left front. Knitting in the pockets and finishing the pocketbands, sewing them in place as I go, since that sort of finishing work is my least favorite part of sweater making.