I made this little guy on my sentro 22 and stuffed with yarn scraps—pretty pleased with how it turned out!

Decided to make a sweater with the Lions Brand sustainable stitching RE -SPUN yarn that is 100% recycled polyester. Dark color yarn I got from Temu when I started doing this. I made my first baby blanket with it, it is squirrel yarn. I think it is wool and is very soft.

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My sweater from the sweater challenge, a VIP pattern. All of the tubes were knitted on the Addi King Size CKM. The pattern comes from the 5 Day Sweater Challenge, but I mixed some of the options together and added a little personalization. I divided the bodice from the sleeves to break up the line so it wouldn’t look like one long tube across the front, and then added a hood to finish it off. I originally planned to use the variegated yarn for the entire sweater, but I greatly underestimated how much yarn I would need 🫨😵‍💫🤪. To make matters even more interesting, I had already used some of it to make a hat before starting the sweater! In the end, there still wouldn’t have been enough yarn to complete the sweater anyway, so I searched on Amazon and found a yarn that paired nicely with the variegated yarn. Unfortunately, I forgot to snap a picture of the yarn I ordered, so I took a screenshot of the Amazon listing. The happy result is a two-tone sweater and a matching hat 🥰😁 I’m really happy with how the hood and the color transition turned out. And this truly was a sweater challenge! I frogged quite a bit, re-did several tubes, and finally mastered the blanket stitch along the way. 🏆🎉 Each project is helping me grow more confident using my Addi King Size CKM, and that feels like a big win. 😁🤪🥰