I’ve finally made my cardigan wearable!
I made this cardigan from the Rebecca magazine, and ‘finished’ it over a year ago. But I didn’t add the ruffle and I was never happy with how wide it was at the neck. Also, I always meant to go back and add a lace edging to the sleeves but never got around to it. As a result I had a 3/4 length-sleeved cardigan that looked like it didn’t quite fit me around the bust either. It looked like I was wearing my skinny niece’s cardi.
So I went back last week and started adding a band to the front edge. I cast on 11 stitches and joined the end one to the existing edge. (I’m sure there’s a term for that. You do it with applied i-cords and lace edgings and stuff).
I knitted it from the bottom hem, up one front, across the back and down the other side, and now my cardi looks like it fits me. Woo-hoo!
I used the Eyelet Lattice Insertion The Harmony Guides: Lace & Eyelets: 250 Stitches to Knit
Now I’m happy. I may or may not add a lace edging to the sleeves. For now I’m goign to wear the cardi and feel smug.
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You don’t have a skinny niece! :-)
I like that very much – nice horizontal band at the high-waist point. Good colours too!
Thank you.
It was finishing your ‘not-quite-never-ending aran’ that gave me the confidence to try this.
You might have seen it in person last Nov., but without the new bit.
And they’re all skinny compared to me!
You *should* feel smug. But if you ever do feel like embellishing the sleeves, that would look great too!
I love my aran; you can do me another one in your own choice of fibre any time you like, you know!