The other day my mom called and said she’d been looking unsuccessfully for a chocolate brown cardigan. That color is just not “in” at the moment, it seems. She found a hand-knit one for sale online, but then she thought perhaps I might make one for her instead, and she’d be (fairly) sure it would… Continue reading New cardigan on the needles
Tag: sweaters/cardigans
Sleeves, body joined
I finished the first sleeve and quickly set to work starting and completing the second, and I’ve just joined the sleeves to the body. It’s always a little awkward working all of the stitches at this stage, but at least working back and forth for a cardigan is a little easier than working in the… Continue reading Sleeves, body joined
Heartfelt for Fall
It’s done! And I love it! The depth of color is just gorgeous, and the little speckles of green, purple, white, gray, black, orange – just amazing. Definitely an instant wardrobe staple and well worth knitting it twice.
One sleeve finished
I’ve finished one sleeve on my new Heartfelt cardigan, and it went pretty quickly. I left the markers that I put in for each of the decreases I made so that I can match them on my other sleeve as closely as possible. One down, one to go!
A completed body
Hooray, it’s one step closer! The body is complete, I’ve bound off the ribbing at the bottom, and woven in the ends to this point. Next up, sleeves. They are plain stockinette knitting, so I honestly don’t think it should take very long to complete both sleeves. And I know the color is fairly dark… Continue reading A completed body