Sometimes a pattern comes along that makes me drop whatever I am working and start right away. This cardigan is exactly what I wanted to knit and the pattern was worth the effort. It is called Granny's Favourite and the designer is Georgie Hallam. I chose Cascade 220 super wash in a really nice shade of blue because it reminds me of my own Granny (or Nana) as I called her. I knit the size 22" chest knowing it would come out more like 24" and chose the size 5 dress length with 3/4 sleeves. The fit is great with room to grow and wear things underneath and hopefully she will love wearing it. She wasn't too keen on sweaters this past winter but, I am banking on this being a phase. The buttons are glass and I believe they are from Tender Buttons which is an amazing button store in NYC.
3 comments:
What a lovely sweater! The color is perfect and the scallops around the yoke and sleves are so sweet.
How many skeins of 220 did it take for this size?
Thanks Celia . It took 2 1/4 skeins.
that's really beautiful. i love the color blue. i want a grown up version, i'd like a grown version of scarlet's dress too.
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