i call this sweater "the monster". i made it a few years ago. my friend Jill helped me write the pattern from a clipping i had. it took 18 skeins of los manos yarn knitting 2 ends together. the hardest part was dealing with the neck ribbing, which took several tries to get just right. working on it was like having a really big dog on my lap, sadly during the month of August. it ties together in front with a piece of 1" wide leather ribbon.