SewingforyourLife

And i started a new project!

This time on rather huge needles, 4mm for the ribbing and 6mm for the pattern. Feels like i'm knitting with tree stumps.

Pattern: Cardigan Sweater No.401, free on Ravelry, 1956

And finished!

Although i made it in a (kind of) sports weight yarn, the ribbing on the sleeves is tight, wearable but tight. So in fingering weight yarn, which the pattern suggests, you would need to add some stitches ( or have very thin upper arms).

And i not very proud of my picked up stitches, but its all black so hopefully nobody can see them. I haven't sewn in an elastic thread yet, but i definitely will. I need to find another stretchy bind-off i like.

Finished the yoke. I used a thicker yarn than the pattern, so i had to recalculate the stitches i needes. Ended up with 6 repeats and 4 "arrows" each repeat. Of course i made a mistake, so i will have to try to duplicate stitch over it.

As i mentioned i changed the collar to ribbing. Tried my hand on a stretchy bind off, but it got wonky, so i will have to safe it with some elastic thread.

Now to sew everything up.

The yarn is a mystery black yarn on a cone, most likely a cotton and for the yoke a golden yarn on a cone (lurex/viscose).

The pattern isn't hard to knit, but i'm not enjoying it. So i will only knit the sleeves in this pattern and the rest in stockinette.

I started with one sleeve and because the yarn is black, the pattern is a bit hard to see.

I actually managed to knit a top in 2 and a half days. My previous plans for a mothersday gift fell through, so i frantically changed my plans.

(Yes, i could have bought something, but i usually don't do that for gift giving)

It was a lot of knitting in short time, but i finished it in time.

Finished the cardigan. Took me about 4 months to knit it on 2,5 mm and 3 mm Needles.

My added length wasn´t really necessary, because that cardigan is longer than the usual vintage pattern (which tend to be quite short on me). The sleeves are also slightly longer than bracelet length, but i´m fine with it.

I still need to wash it, hopefully the puckering from sewing in the sleeves will soften out a bit.

All in all, it is quite nice!