I am loving this jacket, it just seems to be taking awhile to finish up. I suppose the fact that I am into endless stripes up the shoulders and into the hood doesn't help with the boredom! Destructo-Boy certainly loves it, every time he sees it while I am knitting it he pets it and asks if it is for him, too cute!
I won't lie, the intarsia was very intimidating but once I got started on it I could begin to see the sense in it. I still feel a little rough on what to do when switching colors, like how much tension to use. However, since it hasn't fallen apart I will assume I did it correctly if not perfectly. For the lettering I used the stranded technique rather than intarsia and it seemed to come out pretty good, no puckering on that part. I kind of mixed the two techniques on the construction vehicles and that may be part of the issue with the puckering. Not sure, but I will definitely do this technique again and maybe not mix them up to see if it looks better that way.
Another new technique for me on this project will be the zipper, I have never installed one on a knitted project before. There is some sort of fancy way of doing it I have read notes about that involves putting holes in the zipper prior to knitting it into the garment. I'll figure it out when I get there I suppose!
