I told myself that I would knit more cardigans this year. My wardrobe needs them and I need to get over having to purl. I also decided I needed to also think about my yarn choices and what would work best for my climate and how warm my classrooms tend t…
I told myself that I would knit more cardigans this year. My wardrobe needs them and I need to get over having to purl. I also decided I needed to also think about my yarn choices and what would work best for my climate and how warm my classrooms tend to get in the winter. I decided to try the Lamb & Kid's cottage worsted yarn, it's 50% wool, 20% linen, 15% cotton and 15% silk. It has a slightly tweedy texture and it's warm but not overwhelmingly hot. I decided to go with the French Hen color, which is a lovely bright red.
I decided to knit the Corran Cardigan with this yarn because of the open lace pattern and I was thinking this might be a transitional type of sweater when it's a little chilly in the spring and I need another layer or it's starting to get chilly in the fall.
The lace pattern was easy to follow and memorize. You'll need to be able to read the pattern repeats if when you do decreases. I decided to do a v neck version but you do get options to knit a crew neck as well. You can also do short or long sleeves. I almost went with short sleeves but decided that long sleeves would be better for a more transitional piece. I messed up with a decrease on one side but the yarn was easy to rip it back a few rows without worrying I was going to unravel the entire piece.
The length is slightly on the cropped side. I might add a bit more length to the body if I knit it again, it's bottom up, but I don't mind the cropped version since I wear a lot of high wasted pants and skirts and it looks really cute with dresses.
I realized it looks really cute with a new jumpsuit I got too and it has already been in heavy rotation for these spring days that seem to be oddly chilly after really hot days.
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