Congrats to Jeanne!
If you have a guy — big or little — who you like to knit for, you probably know it can be frustrating to find sweaters that you want to knit and that they want to wear.
The designs in Great Knit Sweaters for Guys Big & Small by Andrea Sanchez aim to fix that problem, with lots of great, relatively simple for the guys but not too boring for the knitter projects they will actually want to wear.
The book has 12 sweaters, sized from child’s size 2 up to men’s XXL, so you can knit the same basic sweaters multiple times, for every guy in the family. Check out all the projects on Ravelry.
Honestly, I would knit a lot of these sweaters, maybe with some different details or more color, for my daughter or myself as well, but they are great staple pieces for guys, too. From a baseball type sweater to a raglan to a circular-yoke sweater, there’s a lot of fun stuff to choose from, whoever you’re knitting for.
If you’d like a chance to win a copy of this book, leave a comment on this post before the end of the day Sunday, July 17. I’d love to know about the guys in your life you knit for.
Thanks for visiting, commenting and sharing the giveaway with your knitting friends. Good luck!
[Photo via Stackpole Books.]
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This is one I would love to win – I’m surrounded by guys! One husband; two sons and two grandsons….all of whom I would love to knit for. Thanks for the chance!!
Who wouldn’t love to have a new book of patterns designated just for the “hims” in your life?! I certainly would! They can sure be hard to buy for, especially the older they get, so this would be perfect!! Thanks for the opportunity!!
Thanks for the giveaway.
Great for the hard to buy for or for
a unique sweater for that special little guy.
I have 2 main guys… My hubbo & my son… I’ve knit quite a few things for my son that he wears (and has worn out). He’s a college student ant the biggest hit in the past few years was washable wool earflap hat in school colors. One of his friends even tried to commission me to make one for him until my son intervened.
I knit for my husband and 23-year-old son – in green and white – which are the colors of their favorite soccer team.
Would love to have this one. A great resource. 🙂
I knit for both my husband and my son – but it is so hard to find patterns that they like!
I’m the guy I knit sweaters for. Most of my guy friends only want caps or scarves, and one wants a blanket for his king sized bed (Yeah, good luck with that one, Clyde!) I’ve only knit a sweater for one other guy, years ago. He wasn’t my boyfriend, but he disappeared anyway. Or maybe I did, I can’t remember.
I’m familiar with Andrea’s work, through Ravelry and her blog. It’s great that all but one of these patterns is for all sizes, and that the adult sizes range to include us enhanced circumference guys. Thanks for the giveaway!
I used to knit for my husband, he’s the man in my life! Now I only knit simple and quick things so he got a hat but not a sweater lately. It would be nice to start again a real project.
Knitting for men is a little bit difficult sometimes. They prefer dark colors, straight lines, no decor…. it can be boring but when I knit for my husband I do it with love and I know that a special smile will brighten the day!
Love to have these – my sons/grandson would enjoy the fruits of my labor!
I’ve made things for almost everyone else – I’d love to knit a sweater for my husband!