Sometimes I get crabby about my knitting. I never used to, but all the new demands on my time have made me appreciate the inst. grat. of sewing. But when I cast off the collar on this Rowanspun cardigan and it looked extremelyverygood, I became enamoured again. Not the best picture of the sweater, but it comes with extra CHEEEEZ:
Specs:
Yarn: Rowanspun 4-ply. Three hanks was just right -- I had enough left to be comfortable, but not much more than that.
Pattern: Final pattern, anyway -- Maisie from Pipsqueaks by Kim Hargreaves. Marvelous book. My version has no pockets and no buttons (because I was making a button-free pattern until it was too late!)
Size: A mix of at least two different sizes from the book. The width of the back is about 13 inches, so Ellie can grow a bit into it.
Needles: 2 1/2 U.S.
Start/finish: mid-May '06 to September 8th or 9th, '06. Sigh.
Remarks: I love the tweedy fabric this makes, and the shade of green makes me happy. The drop shoulders really drop; maybe next time I'll use a pattern with set-in shoulders. I knit the top of the front panels and the top of the back two or three times as I changed patterns, and in one version I did short-row shoulders and three-needle bindoff, following the directions in Nancie Wiseman's Knitter's Book of Finishing Techniques. I really liked it and should remind myself to do it another time.
Would I use this yarn/pattern again? Big yes to the former and no, I think, to the latter, unless this drop-shoulder thing grows on me -- perhaps as Ellie grows into the sweater.
i think it's easier to do drop shoulders for kids b/c it's an easier "fit". they can wear it too big and they can wear it on its way to being too small. with fitted armsyces that won't work as easily.
Posted by: carolyn | September 13, 2006 at 10:04 AM
I guess that extra cheese makes you the Cheese Whiz! Cute.
Posted by: Heidi | September 12, 2006 at 02:18 PM