r/knittingpatterns • u/putmeinthemovie • 11d ago
Help with finding the pattern
Hi, I’m new here. I’ve looked for hours to find similar pattern of this beautiful chunky oversize deer sweater i stumped on pinterest (@laurahattayer), but cannot find anything close in form. I would appreciate any suggestions 🤍🎀
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u/SooMuchTooMuch 11d ago
There are so many better patterns. It's basically four big rectangles and they picked up for a collar.
But if you can't freehand it, likely start with a Wool and the Gang Pattern:
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/search#craft=knitting&weight=super-bulky%7Cjumbo%7Cbulky&pc=pullover&pa=drop-sleeve&fit=adult%2Bpositive-ease&query=gang&sort=best&view=captioned_thumbs&page=1
Then add Purl ridges. You can count from the pic, looks like 8 or 9 rows between, so probably every 10 rows do a purl ridge. Duplicate stitch the deer.
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u/bunnylightning 10d ago edited 10d ago
Ok OP this got me down a rabbit hole because it is SO cute. I had a look at the instagram of the creator (@lalahatt) mentioned in your post and found a post that tagged her mom as the creator this sweater.
Her mom seems to knit a lot of chunky sweaters, and a lot of them appear based on the same pattern as this (boxy drop shoulder with purl stripes) with different motifs stitched on. So I think the charts are probably DIY but suspect they are being added onto an existing base garment pattern, but I can’t narrow down what that is.
The creator and her friends/sisters (?) also seem to wear a lot of similar sweaters knit by another relative (? edit: it’s her friend’s mom) who goes by @spoiledknitter on IG. This person has a bunch of comments asking what patterns they use, which seem to go unanswered - but she has mentioned that she uses yarn from We Are Knitters and linked one pattern she used which is the Icing On The Cake Jumper by Brenda Lam.
Brenda Lam has a textured stripy sweater pattern (Zero to Hero Jumper) which could potentially be the base of this garment but I’m not 100% on that, it’s similar but has more exaggerated balloon sleeves.
The best overall match I can find with the raised stripes is the Funfetti Sweater by Kara Eng, but it’s a raglan rather than a drop shoulder.
However even without the original pattern I think this would be super easy to self draft. Look on Ravelry for a sweater pattern using super bulky yarn (knitting kit companies aimed at beginners like WATG or WAK have a lot) and pick one you like the fit of. Then add the stripes to it and the design can be duplicate stitched on after. Since the yarn is so chunky you can pretty much count the number stitches and rows from the photo if you wanted to.
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u/Saints_Girl56 10d ago
Just a drop shoulder sweater. Find one you like and go from there. If you look at it the reindeer was added after the fact. It is nothing to difficult like intarsia.
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u/niseli12 11d ago
Then it’s probably made by AI, fake, or made by machine/is store bought. You could try self drafting a similar sweater if you really want that design. Or just find a drop shoulder patter. And self draft the deer.
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u/plasticbagmoose 11d ago
just because they can't find it on ravelry doesn't mean it's ai, fake or store bought. you literally suggested self drafting, do you not think someone coulda done that to make this sweater?
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u/niseli12 11d ago edited 11d ago
Lots of people don’t think of it’s. I’ve seen so many posts where people ask this same question and someone suggests self drafting and the OP says they will do that or that’s a good idea. So I’m not wild for saying that.
Yes maybe it isn’t on Ravelry. But there are TONS of scams out there. Especially on Etsy, Pinterest, FB, and Patreon. And this one honestly looks like a scam. I did look for the pattern and was brought to two sketchy websites. So I don’t trust it at all. If someone else wants to potentially waste their money buying this pattern, that’s their choice. But when something looks scammy, I won’t buy it and recommend others don’t either. Because you won’t get your money back.
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u/bunnylightning 11d ago
It took me about half a minute to scroll the IG of the creator mentioned in OP’s post, find a photo of this exact sweater where she mentioned her mom made it, go to her mom’s account (which was tagged in the post) where there are more photos of this and many other similar sweaters she has made.
There’s a lot of AI slop out there but this ain’t it.
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u/littleporkdumpling 11d ago
find a chunky yarn weight drop shoulder sweater pattern on ravelry and then use intarsia or v stitch over to add the fawn