There was another problem: as I was knitting the body I had the nagging feeling that I had cast on too many stitches, and that if I proceeded as planned (even with plenty of back shaping) the body wouldn't be as form-fitting as I'd envisioned. So I thought maybe I could just make the button bands narrower, but eventually I got honest with myself—I wouldn't like how that would look. The button bands should be as wide as they are in Megan Rogers' original (or is that 'original knockoff'?) I very briefly contemplated frogging the whole body, but ouch! Rip out eleven inches of careful cabling? Not if I could possibly help it.It seems letting a troublesome project hibernate for awhile can make all the difference, because I took it out after a few months of inactivity, 'tried it on,' and thought of a MacGyver-ish solution: bind off several stitches on each side on the very next row, and steek that too-wide bottom portion. I had never steeked before, and of course I see why it scares some knitters stiff, but I used my trusty sewing machine and it all came out right...just in time for the frigid gales of August!
Pattern: Truffle Cardigan Tutorial in three parts, from Dulle Griet
Yarn: Rowan Yorkshire Tweed Aran (discontinued) in plum, 8 balls
Needle: #7, and #6 for the button bands (binding off with a #9)
Buttons: eight of 'em (1 1/8"), salvaged from my grandparents' candy tin
Raveled here.
Apart from the slightly noticeable changes in dyelot (I tried to alternate balls, but apparently it didn't help much) and the dimples where the buttons are sewn to the button band (can it be helped? I'll re-sew them at some point), I'm so, so happy with this cardigan. I'm going to live in it this winter.
5 comments:
I love this! The colour is perfect for you and it just looks so warm and cosy, yet oddly really elegant. Interestingly, I've been fiddling about with a neckline exactly like this for a while now -- nice to see it can be done!
Gorgeous all round!
that's an amazing sweater! Oh my god! I'm managing to stick to the 2k a day, it's not really that much I don't think.
I have nothing better to do with my time! :)
this is awesome!
I saw this guy who I thought was knitting, but I didn't want to ask "are you knitting?" because that seemed obvious so I asked him what he was knitting. He really snarkily answered that he was in fact crocheting as evidenced by the one needle and the hook or something. He was making animals. The bottom line is I think you're better at knitting and life.
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