...... after 4 long months.
My younger daughter, Lydia has been asking for a knitted cardigan for a long time but I just can't seem to find the time for it. In April, I gave in & asked her to decide on the yarn & pattern. She chose Bendigo Luxury 8 ply & the pattern was the Heather Hoodie.
The yarn arrived & I cast on but I was not happy with the construction of the pattern. So I decided to put the pattern aside & worked on my own design - a top down cardigan with cables & a hood. The hood is compulsory as Lydia loves wearing hoods.
Took me a while & several frogging, to settle on a cable pattern as it had to flow nicely from the raglan shaping. The cable pattern that I used is the same pattern that I had for my socks, Triple Braids. I love these cables.
Everything was going well & then I had to put it down as I worked on the retreat projects, pick it up again after the retreat in June & then had to put it down when I worked on my Bendigo trip projects. When I came back from Bendigo, I had to finish the cardigan or winter will be over & Lydia will not have the opportunity to wear it.
So at long last, it's done .......
The cardigan fitted Lydia perfectly & she loves the hood ....
I am glad that I finished this cardigan & fulfilled Lydia's wish.
9 comments:
Beautiful, it turned out wonderfully.
It is beautiful and I love the way you added your own cables too!
Those are your signature cables now!! Lydia's cardigan is wonderful and she is lucky to ahve a clever mum like you.
Nice modelling Lydia!!!!
Wow! It looks fantastic! You are so clever to design your own patterns for things. And (from what I can gather from those with older kids) lucky that your daughter will still wear your knitwear!
It's beautiful! Isn't it fun to make something for someone you love and it's perfect?
What a perfect fit, perfect pattern and perfect knit! Well done Ann, gorgeous design (again!) and with the colour those cables stand out so nicely. Lucky Lydia, spoiled by her Mama :)
Lydia must be so happy as you must be because it turned out so beautifully. You made some lovely changes to the pattern, yours looks so much nicer. Gorgeous!
Looks like it was a good choice to move away from the heather hoodie and do your own thing...this is perfect. I love your cables (far more than the XO cables on that hoodie)...well done!
And I'm right along with your daughter...I love me a hood!
It's lovely! Now I want one. :)
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