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It’s election day, United States readers. Please go vote if you haven’t already and you are able. I don’t care who you vote for (well, actually I do but I won’t go there), as long as you get out and vote. Pictured in this sweater, pattern title: Rift, is my husband who happens to be on our local city council (and does a damn fine job). He’s up for re-election today, so I’m dubbing this the “election day sweater.”

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The pattern is well written, but I think the sleeves are crazily wide at the top. I scaled this down to the 39 1/4″ size for the sleeves at the top and they’re still way too big. Overall, this sweater is just a little bigger than both Matt and I would like it to be. I got gauge and stuck to the pattern, but I should have just made modifications to size this between the two smallest sizes. Matt is thinking of this as a “lounge around sweater” and that is disappointing because I wanted it to be something that made it out of the house often. The yarn (Brooklyn Tweed SHELTER in Faded Quilt) is too lovely to belong to a sweater that has lackluster reception. I am exhausted at the thought of ripping this thing out, so if he doesn’t end up wearing it, it may just be given away and I’ll make something different.

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The collar is also very wide. I suppose I could have added another row or two, but I was running out of yarn. I have less than 5 yards left, I think. I used one extra skein for his size (43″) because I added extra length to the body.

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The design has lovely shoulder details, but this also made the shoulders really wide, making the fit a bit odd.

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The side ribbing makes for a nice design element too.

Really, I have very mixed feelings about this sweater. I enjoy sweaters that have some extra roominess, but I’m not sure that’s Matt’s thing. I really don’t want to rip this thing out and start anew. We shall see what happens.

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Now, get out and vote, America!

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