ursula: Sheep knitting, from the Alice books (sheep)
Ursula ([personal profile] ursula) wrote2019-01-30 07:37 pm
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January journal: cardigan

[personal profile] thistleingrey asked me to post something about fibercraft. (If you'd like to request a last-minute January journal post, you can do so here.)

I've been working on a cardigan for one of my nieces (hopefully the larger niece), using Kristen Rengren's Barberry pattern. I'm using a brilliant green yarn that's very hard to photograph. This photo with the 500 Queer Scientists' narwhals is probably the truest representation I've managed of the color:

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Here's a picture of the main body, showing the cable pattern:

Cardigan body

The project has been taking longer than I'd hoped, in part because I was very confused by the instructions for the hood and had to rip it back a couple of times. The trick is that there are two separate side seams, when I was expecting more of a single folded rectangle. Here's what that looks like prior to assembly:

Cardigan hood
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[personal profile] thistleingrey 2019-01-31 02:59 am (UTC)(link)
The cable up the back is lovely, as is the color!
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[personal profile] redsixwing 2019-01-31 03:30 pm (UTC)(link)
That cable pattern is lovely!
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[personal profile] cassyblue 2019-02-01 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
i need that sticker lmao. i keep meaning to submit to 500 queer scientists but then forget to. I love the sweater color.