#handsome chris pullover

[cassiocantdrink]

OMG I DID IT

ive finished the handsome chris pullover!!

okay it spent 4 months in the Fuck You bin before assembly bc i was generally unhappy with it. but a couple days ago i took it out to either assemble or unravel and voila! it wasnt so bad after all... must have been too tired??

maybe, just maybe, ill knit another one in a few months. bigger and better 🤣. misha, my favorite cousin, definitely needs one, if he wears pullovers at all. an important birthday is coming up (in about a year, i know how to pace myself lol), so yeah. could happen

[louiseaiguille]

My progress on the handsome chris pullover.

I'm knitting the body in the rounds for now and i'm almost to the part where i will separate the front and back. Hope to finish it before next summer !

Enjoying knitting under the sun at l'île d'oléron ✨

[lilyhargrave]

Ugh, so close to finished on this piece! But my concentration is gone and it's really time to sleep, so... tomorrow!

(Like literally sooooo close:)

Dammit, I played yarn chicken and lost:

Kinda forgot I'd need yarn to bind off... So back a row and a half we go since I'm supposed to end on a WS row ..

[olderthannetfic]

Hi, anon who was asking for sweater patterns here. The raglan looks great and very doable, and I might honestly just go with that, though I was also thinking of doing something with some simple cabling. I've never done cables before, but I tend to like how they look and my first sweater seems as good a time as any to learn.

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Cables can be reasonably simple. I don't have a sweater rec offhand, but this hat was designed to teach someone cables:

I've made a couple of them. They're simple, but they don't have that 'I only made this to practice' vibe.

The key to cables is to learn to read charts right away and to pick a pattern that has 1. fewer total times the yarn crosses over itself (i.e. longer stretches between the cross, meaning elongated-looking motifs) and 2. very regular and symmetrical cables.

So, for example, a cable where 1 stitch crosses over 2 is usually more confusing than a cable where 2 stitches cross over 2. A cable pattern where the actual cable cross happens on rows 4, 8, 12, etc. is easy to memorize, while one where pattern A goes on row 4, pattern B goes on row 6, pattern C goes on row 14, etc. is hard to memorize.

Something like the Handsome Chris (replicating that sweater from Knives Out) has cables that mostly make sense, but there are just so many. It takes forever to finish the sweater. I'd consider this an intermediate sweater where much of the difficulty is just in sticking with it long enough. It's really hard to say how long a sweater takes a person to knit, but at a wild guess, I'd say most people are taking 100 hours of labor at least on this one.

Something like the Minori has cables that are hard to memorize and very confusing. It also has one pattern that does everything important on odd rows while every other part of the sweater does the important stuff on even rows. (WHYYYYYYY?! It would be so easy to swap that one tiny pattern to be consistent!) I'd consider this more of an advanced sweater.

The Timberline has confusing cables that are hard to memorize and an insane construction. I'd place this in the Dear God Why very advanced category.

But notice that the Handsome Chris looks pretty complex, not that different from the other two. The gap is mostly in how much sense the charts make and how hard it is to memorize instead of referring back to the pattern every two seconds.

Patterns are tech writing. You can have a pattern that's hard simply because your brain works differently from the designer's or because the designer is a shitty writer. You can also have a pattern that's harder because the sweater construction is complex along with the cables being complex. The Handsome Chris is just a couple of big rectangles until you get up to the armpits, and the join where the sleeve meets the body does not have a complex shape.

Sari Nordlund's patterns have a relatively complex construction (for a total newbie), but some of her cables are simple. For example, look at the Colette pullover or the Ballard pullover. In the Colette, all of the cables are the same, and there's a long space in between the actual cross. In the Ballard, there are big stripes of plain stockinette rather than cables everywhere like on the Handsome Chris. I haven't knit these two, but I suspect I'd consider them beginner for cables and intermediate for other stuff.

Those are the kinds of factors I'd think about when trying to decide if a pattern is hard.

[cassiocantdrink]

so, wrist warmers.

having galloped through a pair of ankle warmers (4x2 rib with occasional left twists), i realized that a) i have enough leftover yarn for another two pairs and b) i actually need wrist warmers, BUT

there was that tiny little entity on my left shoulder who whispered, that was boring, cas. you would like a challenge, no?

unfortunately, it was that rare day when i had slept well, so instead of my usual oh fuck off already, i thought, hmm. maybe it's right. the entity rejoiced, go for it like! so yeah, here i am in the middle of the second one, slowly losing my eyesight, because

during my bout of temporary insanity, this is what i went for. handsome chris pullover panel A, double-width. but hear me out. it's fucking black yarn. black as the dead of night and beyond, black like pure nothing, like a fucking abyss. moreover, it's double yarn.

wanna know my needle size? 1.6 mm. for reference: US size 0 is 2 mm. you'd think that nothing exists at sub-zero, but no, there is actually busy and thriving life down there, with 1.2, 1.5, 1.6 and 1.8 mm needles being available at every corner. and yes, my double yarn actually requires 1.6. jayzus. my cable needle is a sharpened paperclip.

it's going well, actually, well except that i would remove one purl stitch from the edges of the pattern, but my eyes are killing me.

[bespectacledbookworm]

I've been wanting to knit my own heirloom sweater for a while, and I've been looking at The Handsome Chris Pullover on ravelry. The pattern is beautiful, and its a LOT of cables, but I really love that look. This is gonna take me a whole year or more to knit probably, but it would be so worth it!

image by Kammererknitsalot on ravelry

Isn't it pretty??? i can't decide if I want a more slouchy sweater or a more fitted sweater though....

[lilyhargrave]

Knitting progress update!

The Handsome Chris Pullover was dragging, so I switched to a new, quicker project. Also lets me practise knitting two things at the same time, which I'll need for the sleeves of the pullover, so!

Pattern is:

(Do I knit a lot of drops patterns? Yes, I do. They're free. I have like less than 100 Euros income at the moment. Also, they've got all the instruction videos, : ) )

[eva-knits12]

Me, I'm going with Ransom.

I'm knitting one of those at some point. Maybe it's my post-Christmas cast on!

sister michael! no contest!

[jingerbunny]

Finally finished this glorious cabled beast and couldn't wait to put it on. Better detailed pics and blog post later, I promise. The Handsome Chris Pullover (based on the sweater Chris Evans wears in Knives Out) in Knit Picks Wool of the Andes.

[urszula-with-boots-on]

Planning my main fall/winter knitting projects:

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/trellis-pattern-sweater-10162

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/afmli---20-year-anniversary-sweater

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/the-handsome-chris-pullover

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/210-18-city-streets

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/pangolin-3

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/checks-and-balances-3

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/lady-boss-2

[tell-mi]

One Day, Maybe

Part 1 - Beat of my heart

Chris Evans x Anastasia Hofmann (25 year old actress and mother of 5 year old Nathalie)

Warnings: whole lotta fluff and language

"Nathi, beany, come on you've gotta stay at the kindergarden. Mommy will pick you up at evening. Okay?" you smooched your little bean goodby. That's how you called your five year old daughter Nathalie. Every morning since a week your heart broke into tiny pieces, when you saw her little face turn sad. You moved from LA to New York for a new TV series a year ago but Nathalie still wasn't getting used to it. Especially after your filming break of two months. It wasn't the first move with Nathalie. The last years have been incredible for you and your acting career. You broke up the theater school in Berlin five years ago, as you knew you had been pregnant. Marco, your boyfriend and the father of Nathalie just broke up your relationship and left you. Never have you heard of him again. You knew that it wouldn't ever be possible to go on with acting and raise a girl as a single mom, so you took the hard decision. As Nathalie turned three you two moved to LA due to a surprisingly acting chance for a sitcom which just came up. You accepted the possibility to get a contract at your dream job and it pushed your carreer to the top. Within a few month you became one of Hollywood's most demanded actresses on TV shows.

Nevertheless you always decided in favour of Nathalie. She was always your number one and no job in the world was worth leaving her to some Nanny's for weeks without seeing her. So you only accepted job offers if there was the possibility to take her with you and a kindergarden nearby.

The last movement was a hard one for Nathalie. Growing up in Germany she went into a german kindergarden and only spoke this language. In LA you have found a german kindergaren for her as well. You wanted her to continue speaking her mother tongue and in the afternoon you started to learn english with her. She was really good in it now with her five years. But now in New York there was only the possibility to bring her to an english kindergarden, which turned out to be a bit difficult for Nathalie. Maybe that's why she made you a hard time every morning while leaving her behind with a nursery teacher.

***

You arrived on set a few minutes to late again. Almost sprinting to the hair and makeup trailer you just finished in time with the dressers. The series was something between suits and billions. Some intrigue filled lawseries. It was a good storyline and your charcters development during the season was great. Which was one reason every single fan hyped the series. Not to say, Chris Evans being your costars made all female fans love the series.

You've just started to film the second season the past week and got very excited about the twists and turns. While going through the Skript at the table read you saw that there will be a few steamy scenes between Chris and you. Your characters didn't like each other very much, as they were concurrents, but it may turn out that after a few drinks they will land in each others bedrooms very soon.

You always appreciated the friendship of Chris and you. He was a sweet and handsome person. A good raised one too. He was a true gentleman with that extra scoop of smut written across his face while he flirts. You always enjoyed flirting with Chris but never took it too seriously, as you thought it was just his thing. His own character is some kind of the flirty one. It wasn't something he does exceptional for you. At least this was your perception of him. The chemistry between the two of you was kind of special since the first day you've met. It felt like you knew each other for a lifetime. It was so easy going with Chris. Talking about your life's, your family, your dreams. You two had the chemistry, everyone saw during interviews. Your fans shipped you thatfore.

But whatsoever, it was a hard time for Nathalie at the moment and you don't want to bother her with new strangers she has to get used to. That's why you didn't want to see someone, even if you could have a lot of men who crushed over you. You tried a few dating apps here and there but never really got into it. And additionally, you haven't brought one single man home since Nathis birth which made you into a dating analphabeth.

***

The moment after you went throughout the sex scenes at the table read, Louanne, the director, called it a day. It was earlier than normal, a few minutes past three. You normally picked up your little Bean at seven. The earliest time they allow the pickup, due to pedagogical reasons, was five. You decided to rush to a cafe and let yourself enjoy the few spare time you've had for months. Sitting at the table with your double-chocolate-doughnut and a large coffee infront of you, you checked your phone and found the dating app, which showed you, which user was nearby to meet up. 'Hmh, maybe I should give it a try and have a nice coffee date until I pickup Nathi' You scrolled through your phone until a deep but familiar voice raised you out of your swiping routine.

"You don't really use this, do ya?" You looked up into his beautiful piercing green-blue eyes. The same eyes which glared at you an hour ago with a smirk, as you finished reading the sex scene. Why was your heart pumping so badly by the thought of being near to him all of sudden?

"Nah, I..I wanted to uninstall it. Tried it once, but just some creeps there."

"Good, heard some weird stories about it. May I?" Chris gestured to the seat infront of you, one hand holding a coffee, the other one holding a sandwich.

"Sure, sure. I just grabbed some stuff until I pick up my little Bean" you cannot help but smile of the thought of your daughter finally happy again to see you.

Chris lips also rose up by the sight of you being happy.

"You cannot deny, you truly love her."

"I do!" You sipped on your, still too hot, coffee. "I mean, sometimes the little princess can truly be a pain in the ass."

"What!?" Chris almost chocked his coffee.

"Yeah, yesterday she managed to lock herself up in the bathroom. Can't tell you how this girl was even able to do that. But I ended up asking Mister Smith to help me break the door. You know the Smith's? My neighbor from downstairs." Chris not making an expression as if he could remember. "The older couple which was sitting in the frontyard as you dropped me off the other night after our season one wrapping drinks with the crew."

"Oh yeah, yeah, that really nice couple. The lady sitted Nathalie, wasn't she?"

"Yeah right. By the way, Betty really liked you." You bit a huge bite from your doughnut, almost spilling out the cream to your pullover.

"Does she?" Chris smiled amused while observing your eating skills.

"Yeah, she told me you are the most handsome young man she saw since Walter. And I cannot proof her wrong, though" You smiled at him, your cheeks slightly turning red at what you just said.

You heard his chuckle. It was really precious, as if he was the kind of shy guy, which he surely wasn't. He waved you off with one hand. "Come on, there must be one hundred men who are way better than this old house here."

"I wouldn't say it if I didn't mean it Evans." You tried to manage the doighnut into your mouth but ended up with the chocolate cream all over the plate and a bit on your chin. You had to shake your head at yourself for this clumsyness. Now it was your turn to chuckle which slowly raised into a soft laugh.

Chris couldn't hold back but laugh at you as well. "I would bet your five year old has more grace than you." he sighed in between his laughter.

"Ah, come on! You don't even know how hard it is to eat a dougnut with so much cream on, Mister superhealty sandwich!" you moaned at him.

"It isn't that hard, Stacey!"

"Uh huh!" You scratches a bit of cream from your plate to your finger and tipped it on Chris' nose. Now you were the one who had to grin. Biting your tongue you tried to suppress your laughter. Chris took the cream from his nose liking it from his finger.

"You are one mean young lady, Anastasia. But thank you, I wanted to taste your dougnut since I had to look at you biting in it. It was either this way or I had to lick it from your face." he smirked. It was those kind of flirtings which made the butterflies in your tummy wake up again. You was used to his flirts, but the two of you never had been alone somewhere. Everytime it was at the bar or a restraunt with your other colleague's. It was easy and not to intimate. You've always got the feeling that it might go deeper when the two of you would have been all alone but never imagined it would happen.

"That would have been interesting, though" was your only answer at Chris' point.

Now you could say it was him, who turned slightly red. Quickly he raised his coffee to take a huge gulp. You've watched the clock, it was slowly turning five and you wanted to pickup Nathalie earlier to go walking in the park with her.

"Look, I have to go, pick up my little one." You stood up from your chair, Chris was doing the same. He pulled you into a hug. It was something you often did. No unusual thing for you. But this time you would have sworn the hug was tighter than every hug before. And it lastet a little bit to long to just be a friendly kind of hug. Nevertheless, you enjoyed it. You really loved his cologne. And you kinda liked it that Chris was nearly a head taller than you. You could swear, you always had a thing for tall, bearded man.

"See you tomorrow Stacey, have a nice evening with your daughter!" his lips were rally near your ear, you could feel his beard tickle your cheek. He left a quick kiss on your left cheek before pulling back.

Grinning like a little schoolgirl you also pulled away but let your hands slide to the side of his chest and holding on to it a little bit longer while staring in his gorgeous eyes. You didn't say anything before letting him go and leave. Your facial expressions said everything.

[cassiocantdrink]

in other, unrelated news: i've knitted about 3/4 of the handsome chris pullover, and so far, it looks Not Bad! mistakes were made, of course, but they're not too obvious. so far, i'm pleased with myself, but of course when it comes to fitting, there may be Surprises....

[junewild]

HI KEEL 💖💕💖

Remembering you posted abt making sweaters and I was curious if you'd share references/ patterns you've liked working up? (knit or crochet are both wonderful)

I made my first lil knit cardigan recently and compulsively went back to making a lap blanket after (slowly learning i need many active projects to rotate thru) and I love your style so anything you can recommend I would be super down for!

Also!! it's been so lovely to see you posting abt new adventures and I know it was a really rough go at the year and a tough summer and it joys me to see things shifting for you! I love you so much :3 regardless do me a flavor and have a great weekend

hellooo my lovely! thanks for the kind words, they made me very happy! <3

i do not crochet except to fix my knitting mistakes, so these are all knit patterns.

the first sweater i ever made (three years ago, now!) was the portside sweater, pattern found here: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/portside-2

it is fairly simple, requires relatively few needles, & i could do endless rounds of circular stockinette with my eyes closed in the hallways between class. unfortunately it ended up a little too small on me, so i unravelled it (altho i plan on making another one at some point!) & am now turning the yarn into my second sweater, which is the handsome chris knives out sweater, pattern found for free here: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/the-handsome-chris-pullover

not simple, but requires even fewer needles. & once you've done a few rounds of the pattern, it starts to feel natural. i can do it almost entirely by heart at this point. if you don't mind cable knitting, go for it! i'd recommend drawing out the pattern for the size you're doing in some kind of grid print notebook rather than reading it off the pattern blocks list, though (& if you make a size s, i already have it & can send you pictures!!)! i'm really enjoying this sweater, tbh. doing it in a grey / oatmeal / rust red colorblock in wool. (the grey is from the portside sweater.) it taught me to cable without a cabling needling, which has sped up my favorite mitten & hat patterns immensely. also, when people ask me what i'm making, i get to show it to them & it's impressive as hell. plus it's just a cute as fuck sweater.

after i finish this, i'll be moving on immediately to my third sweater, which is https://knithacker.com/2021/10/the-truth-is-out-there-x-files-fans-i-want-to-believe-that-youll-knit-this-sweater/

i am not even an x-files fan. the third episode dropped me into a psychotic episode & i stopped watching & don't think it's safe for me to resume. but if i don't own this sweater as soon as is physically possible. i will die. i don't even know what color i'm going to make it in yet. probably white -> white with black speckles -> black, because it would look good w the pattern, will look good on me, & i have most of the necessary yarn already.

i'd love to hear about your sweater progress! i'll post pics of mine, too, & tag you in them if you'd like.

[eva-knits12]

I plan on knitting one when I can obtain 2500 yards of yarn that's required to knit it.

I found an oversized cable knit sweater and I’m fully gonna watch Knives Out and pretend it’s Ransoms

[lilyhargrave]

The knitting of the Handsome Chris Pullover from Knives Out commences!

This... is going to take a while, though... It starts with knitting the ribbing through the back loop, which I don't have a lot of practice with... Oh well, by the time I'm done, I will!