Tuesday 13 May 2014

Grey Long-Sleeve Cardigan

Pattern: Carrie Cropped Flare Sleeve Cardigan
Yarn: Americo Original Copito Medeo
Needles: size 11, 8 mm



I had bought this Copito Medeo yarn to make this vest.  I have one in green and enjoy wearing it.  But for some reason I didn't end up wanting to make one again so I went searching for a pattern without very much yarn and a chunky yarn and found the Carrie Cropped Flaire Sleeve Cardigan. So I modified this pattern quite a bit.
The original pattern is a cropped cardigan with flared sleeves and lace insets.  I've made the sleeves with the lace inset but adjusted the stitch count so there isn't a flare to the sleeve.

I knit the pattern as written to the bottom edge but instead of stopping at a crop cardigan length I continued until I had a full length sweater.  The first time I finished it it was too short and too wide. I've had to rip out the bottom out. I knit the bottom again, without increasing as much.  I added a button band edge and large buttons.  I put the button band in 3 times before I has happy with it. 

This is me wearing it for the first time and being happy with it.

5 comments:

  1. Hello! I wanted to let you know that I really enjoy visiting your blog and I have nominated you for the Liebster award! Check out my blog entry at http://needlesandwool.blogspot.ca/2014/05/liebster-award.html to see the award!
    Lisa

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    1. Thanks Lisa! I'm very honored that you've nominated me!

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  2. Hello Christa, how are you progressing with you Sirdar 1215 pattern? My girlfriend is having great difficulty trying to "make it up". We were hoping you could help. I hope you will have some time to reply.

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    1. Hi Jenny I've rather stalled on working on my Sirdar 1215 pattern. It's gotten so cold here I've lost motivation to finish it. I'll probably start working on it again near the end of May. I can send you a message when I finish it up and let you know if I've figured out how to put it together. It's not the easiest pattern to follow.

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  3. Thank you so much Christa, I'm so glad to hear you say that. My girlfriend and I thought we were loosing our minds! We will archive the project until I hear from you. It's the back that has us stumped. I can't find any tutorials relevant to 'knitted draped cardigans' either. Even though it's getting cold I hope there is still a lot of sunshine in your life to keep you warm. Many thanks again Christa.

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