The sweater was inspired by a man's sweater cake by Colette Peters. I "knitted" my own sweater for my mother-in-law by designing it first on paper according to the style she would wear and then when I liked the way it looked I transferred the design by "eye-balling" it. I made cross hatches for the diamonds first with a long clean ruler and carefully filled in each section with #2 tip in a continuous "C' motion. Then I added the "embroidered" flowers and collar design. Thanks for looking!