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It is wet and grey, there is no-one to either model or take a photo of me wearing my newly-completed Blackberry Cabled Cardigan; which I am calling the Strawberry Cabled Cardigan because of the lovely dusty rose pink shabby chic color of the Stylecraft Life DK yarn that I used, in which I look most becoming.
So here are the final NaKniSweMo (National Knit a Sweater Month) 2013 statistics: 60,720 stitches.
Umm ..... that's about the only statistic that matters, actually.
I promise you it looks a lot better when being worn. It is a shame that a design with such unusual characteristics (knitted-on shaped border) and a relatively high pattern price was not as well-written as I feel it should have been: for instance, when attempting to make some of the key elements of the design, like the curved fronts, I feel it would be far more helpful to specifically say where and when to insert the increases, and for how many rows, rather than leave it to the knitter's guesswork. The same goes for the placement of the cable panel on the right front - some of us do not have a very well-functioning spatial brain. Or whatever is that bit that reverses and visualizes at the same time.
Anyway. I am super-chuffed with it, but exhausted. I am allowing myself a day without hooks or needles so that the blisters can heal, and merely surfing other people's projects via Tami's Amis ....
Lovely cardi, still think it's a yucky colour though :D
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I think it looks gorgeous, and very impressive! So many different patterns, and even when not modelled, it is clearly finely tailored, rather than just bagging around :) Congrats on the NaKniSwMo done and dusted!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! That came out super, spatially-challenged or otherwise. Get some modeled shots when weather and help allows.
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