What a nice, drapy cardigan for fall! The weather in Maine is finally starting to cool off and I get to pull out all my beautiful creations again, hurray! I had originally intended to make this sweater 3/4 sleeved, but lacked the foresight to order enough yarn. Oops. Guess I have to wear it with long-sleeved tees underneath. Oh well.
The yarn is delicious, too. Gloss (merino/silk) with the softness, and the drape, and the sheen...drool... Good color for fall, too!
(Doesn't my hair look nice in that photo? All shiny...)
Anyway! In terms of difficulty, I would rate this one a "tangy" on the Knitty scale. (Speaking of, have you noticed that Deep Fall is up? I actually see some things I like in there. To bad they have to wait until I get through some of my monstrous queue!).
The body was super easy--just a basic raglan with yarnover increases and then transitioning into the lace. However, the lace "scarf" part was really, really tedious. I got so tired of the pattern after maybe the 3rd repeat. I guess this is why I don't knit scarves very often! It makes for good tv knitting, but be warned about the tedious factor!
The only reason I got it done as quickly as I did was because I wanted to move on to my first test knit and finish that sucker under deadline...and then I just wanted to be done with that as quickly as possible. Someone needs to work on their attention span, don't you think?
The good news is that I finished the test knit tank top this weekend and Joyce at Knit One Crochet Too tells me that they received (and liked!) it today. She asked me if I wanted to do more projects in the future--so of course I said yes! I'm just hoping that next time they'll send me something that isn't neon orange. I've asked if they're okay with my posting pictures of my test knits online so perhaps next time I'll have some test knit pictures to show you--or maybe we can just do a collective drool over some of the patterns in Knitty? What do you think?
Cheers,
-Allie
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