Sunday, November 07, 2010

just in time for the warmer weather!


I finally finished the Garter Yoke cardigan!   It just needs buttons and to cast off the cap sleeves...

I had originally cast this on for myself, but during the process I realised my daughter would actually get a lot more use out of it.  She decided that she wanted it to be cap sleeves, a decision I'm still not 100% sold on, but we'll see!  

The beauty of knitting top down is that if longer sleeves are required at a later date, I can always unpick the cast off and knit down.

Overall, I'm pretty happy with the finished product though.  I would have preferred to have a little of the aqua in the hem border, but alas there was no more left in the skein :(

I think I might decrease a few stitches in the cap sleeves before casting off too, just to give them a slight puff?

5 comments:

2paw said...

It's just lovely, I really like the contrast between the colours and the body. Yes, you can make log sleeves later on!!

Rose Red said...

It looks great! I love the idea of little puff sleeves, yes please!

Leonie said...

Very pretty. How's the nose going?

Julia said...

Mmm... nice and rainbow-y. I love garter stitch stripes. Hope your nose/head injury is better!

Reckless Glue said...

ooh I love this...great colours!