On Sunday I finished the off white cardigan I have been working on. The one I had did not like my washer (but found a great home with Kris). The body of the sweater was based on the Landon pattern by Jordana Paige. The trim however is based on A Cardigan for Arwen pattern by Kate Gilbert. All together I think it came out all me. I tried to take pictures and got some interesting results, oops!
I started the body from the neck down like the Landon and when I got to the point where I was suppose to increase for the cable band on the fronts I made the front band seperately. I did a cable cast on and knit from the center back out each direction. The front band and collar are three times wider than the band on the Arwen sweater. When the band was the length I needed I sewed it to the body and continued with all live stitches. The bottom band and the sleeve cuff are the one area I am not sure of but will not be redoing. I had to increase the number of stiches to account for the "gathering" caused by the cables and could have added more to allow for a more A-line silhouette. I decided to keep the bottom as it is because I didn't want to sleeves to be any fuller. I could have gotten away with no increases in the sleeves themselves as they were big enough from the under arm. (It was only 8 stitches.)
The yarn is Sierra by Cascade Yarns and I am once again very happy with thier yarn. I will say again, Cascade is a great value for knitting. It is a 80% Pima Cotton / 20% Merino Wool blend and was perfect for summer knitting. I used about 8 1/2 skeins. The big test will be to see how it wears. My concerns are the weight of the cable bands making it stretch and any pilling. The wool made the yarn lighter then many cottons and I hope better memory. Only time will tell.
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