shalom cardigan

shalom cardigan
Originally uploaded by bluepupae.

finished! i made some minor mods. for each of the twisted rib repeats on the yoke, i did two less (total of 5 instead of 7 for each section). at the point where i binded off the sleeves, i divided the section to be more even on the front and back and to better fit my body (i have small arms). k22, bo 40, k45, bo 40, k22 (row 45 in the pattern, 39 for my mods). the next row i cast on 10 instead of 15.

in retrospect, i think i would have k a few more stitches in the fronts and bo fewer so the yoke wouldn’t be so flared and the arm opening not so big. considering that the pattern was designed for someone tall, i also made fewer repeat rows (2 less for each section) on the body.

the only confusing bit was placing the marker on the center sides. instead of following the instructions, i made sure i counted the # of front stitches and for the decreases made the stitches so they fell at the center spot. eg. if there were 27 stitches before the center spot, after the decrease, there were 26. same with the increases.

overall, i like the way it turned out.