Dear Mom,
This cardigan was started sometime last summer and set aside for a forgotten reason. Maybe because I knew even a year ago that it wasn't gonna fit me. The good news is that it will fit you if you want it.
The lesson here is- even if the knitter wrote the pattern, she STILL has to get gauge. Or find a body to fit the sweater. Good thing you are tiny.
I made a few modifications- I used 6 different yarns rather than the 10 called for, made 3/4 sleeves and I knitted a mitered and hemmed border around the hem, button bands and neckline with loops for the buttonholes.
Having finished that, I went into a ball winding frenzy, with plans to start several projects, all with different levels of difficulty and concentrations required. Yes, there is a method to this madness.
I started this, using one of the hand dyed yarns from the workshop I took last month.
And last night I began this cardigan using a soft mercerized cotton- Ultra Pima by Cascade in a happy orange sherbet color that reminds me of Pushups we got from the ice cream man when we were kids.
It seems I am in an orange/coral/fiery red phase.
Have no fear. I have plans for this today:
This is Black Water Abbey yarn, color Forest, and I am extremely anxious to knit with it. NO matter how hot it is outisde. I need a wool fix.
And I should probably start a new pair of socks even though my sock a week resolution is pretty much trashed.
Love,
Kim
4 comments:
Oh, I love that sweater! It's my fav so far. Mom will look good in it!
The sweater turned out gorgeous. Happy colors. Along with the oranges in your next two projects you are in a "happy" knitting place. Can't wait to hear how the abbey wool knits up.
Great colors! Totally different look-- shorter is so IN now.
Can't wait to see the orange sherbet result. That's lovely!
I love all the bright, summery colors - how cheerful!
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