the tomten session
So you know that kid in The Opinionated Knitter. The rockstar modeling the tomten? Yeah, that one. My original intent was not to replicate the rockstar; but, who am I to argue with laundry day and my kid's rockstar tendencies?
So IT is done. And it is, in a word, HUGE. It's really noticeable when all zippered up (zipper chosen by his hipness, himself). I intended to make it big enough for wear next year, but it might be part of the fall and early winter wardrobe for the next two years. Maybe. Some would say it's dowdy...
As excited as Little Sir is about the zipper, I think even he recognizes that rockstars can not rock the casbah in dowdy duds. The fact that I zipped it up in the first place was an afront to his coolness.
It's not so bad unzippered though, right?
I thought I could get away with leaving off the pockets.
This may not be the case. And you know those rockers, they can by so demanding; and, they can also be challenging to photograph. They never really listen, and they often insist on dancing (which may take the form of jumping).
And then they realize that it's hard to rock a jacket-y sweater when it's all spring-like.
Mostly I am including this shot so you can see that the "right side" has been made the inside; and the "wrong side" is now the right. You know me, I am so edgy.
And so is Little Sir, when I said, "give me GQ" (like he would even know what that means...), it was clear that he was so over this photo shoot. Because like a true rockstar, he stormed off the set.
Deets in the gallery.
oh, it is perfect. love it. i like how it is big. when you work so darn hard on a project, it is nice to have it fit them for more than two months.
Posted by:katie | April 30, 2008 at 03:33 PM
Dude. He even has his snarl down! It is really hard to look tough in The Sweater Your Mommy Knit You, but LS pulls it off with the panache. Could weaving in all those ends have been that bad??
Posted by:Liz K. | April 30, 2008 at 05:20 PM
Rock on, Little Sir. Rock on.
Posted by:christine | April 30, 2008 at 05:23 PM
That is amazing, it will be perfect for next fall, right?
Posted by:Heather | April 30, 2008 at 07:08 PM
love this post!
little sir, what an awesome range you have! rockstar, gq, playing it cool, hamming it up, and ending it with a little bit of diva.
as for mommy, you win the award for best cohesive post written to match the random pics that your kid would humor you and allow you to take.
Posted by:jody | April 30, 2008 at 08:43 PM
He is so rockstar!!! He's awesome and I love the GQ. Fantastic job Nova!!!
Posted by:tiennie | April 30, 2008 at 11:36 PM
He is the coolest kid I know!!! [And you're the coolest mama.] :)
Posted by:Nora | May 01, 2008 at 01:53 AM
Painfully adorable!
Posted by:Jana | May 01, 2008 at 11:09 AM
The boy of yours is a complete and utter rock star. Now I must make my child a tomten.
Posted by:diana | May 01, 2008 at 12:19 PM
Too much! I mean, he's the cutie-est, but the over the shoulder shots - TOO MUCH! I love it!
Posted by:Cara | May 02, 2008 at 12:24 PM
Sir is quite the model :) I love the Tomten
Posted by:Rose | May 04, 2008 at 09:21 PM
Super cute~
Posted by:Alyssa | May 06, 2008 at 02:37 PM
SO, so, so cute! And your little rockstar is pretty cute too! I tried a kid's striped cardigan but had to much trouble with the ends that I ripped it back. How did you weave in the ends? Into the body of the sweater? I found that it made that part of the sweater too thick and the woven-in ends were noticable because of it. Any recommendations??
Posted by:mel | May 14, 2008 at 10:39 AM
What a model! So adorable. :)
Posted by:Emily | June 14, 2008 at 04:05 AM