Something to keep in mind the next time I buy some yarn!Ĭhristmas has come and gone, but I’d rather not wait a whole year to blog this little knitted hat. It’s strange because I think of myself as someone who loves colour and is not afraid to wear bright colours even in winter, yet my sweater shelf says otherwise. My only bright cardigan was this one, but I’ve just got rid of it because it was too worn and damaged. It’s particularly obvious when you see them all together. What more can I write about this cardigan from a designer I’m used to, knit in a yarn I’m used to? No much I guess, except that I’ve recently realised that, weirdly, I have a tendency to knit cardigans in fairly dull colours. The buttons are from my stash, once again salvaged from an old garment by my mother. As usual, I wrote down the details on Ravelry. I modified the button and neck bands: I didn’t like the garter stitch ones of the pattern, so I changed them for twisted ribs, matching the waistband and sleeve cuffs. So I said goodbye to the long sweater and opted for the safest bet, yet another Andi Satterlund sweater, my eleventh if I’m not mistaken! 😀 I had another much longer sweater in mind at the time, but when I decided to knit the Wainthropp cardigan, I didn’t want to buy any yarn unless I didn’t have anything suiting it in my stash. I had bought the yarn ( Drops Karisma, colour #57 olive) for this sweater in 2014, at my beloved local yarn shop, which has since closed.
I say strangely, but I guess the ever fall-like Belgian weather must have helped quite a lot. I was just starting to crave pastel and other spring hues, so it felt like I wouldn’t want to wear that cardigan a lot.īut strangely I did wear it a lot, and I didn’t even wait for September for that.
I finished it right before last spring, which, for such an autumn coloured sweater, was maybe not the greatest idea.
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