Thursday, February 23, 2012

Mystic River



Pattern: Mystic River by DROPS Design
Yarn: Lanoso Alara 50% cotton 50% acrylic, 220 g
Needle: 3.5 mm
Time to knit: 6 days, incl. sewing and buttons

Perfect little summer cardi, I'm extremely happy with it. Knit without modifications and almost no unraveling (but for those unfortunate 13-15 rows after I had made a mistake).
TIPS from second thoughts (if I were to make it again or for those of you, who might want to knit it):
1) Use crochet cast on for the fronts. This will match the knitted cast off of the back.
2) Cast on the new sts for the sleeves with provisional cast on and additional yarn on the row marked with an arrow in diagram M.1.
Then, when you have again reached that row marked with the arrow and it is time to bind off the stitches for the sleeves, graft the sleeves.








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22 comments:

  1. Разкош и много ти отива Жилетката с лалетата:)

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  2. It really came out nicely! I love all the different stylings you did!

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  3. Hi,

    I love the pics you post, always so creative. I love the cardigan.

    x

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  4. I love it!! What a gorgeous colour and it looks stunning on you!

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  5. Наистина ще доведеш пролетта ...

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  6. What a stunning cardi you made, of course you are extremely happy with it! Gosh you are good! The color is ver very my taste, love it! Congratulations with your work!
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  7. Super cute! I love the color choice and it'll be great for this summer. (1) Jealous!!

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  8. Very nice, it looks like spring!

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  9. Love it with jeans! So relieved to see it all sorted out after the oops so many rows back!

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  10. Gorgeous cardigan. Love that color for spring too!

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  11. That's so pretty! Gorgeous green, it looks like the perfect cardigan for warm weather :)

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  12. It looks great! Love the added flair of flowers and sunglasses in the pictures.

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  13. That's a lovely cardigan and really one can never go wrong with green. Great job!

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  14. That's a fantastic color and the cardigan looks so lovely on you!

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  15. You did a great job on the cardigan!! And it is so versatile!

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  16. Beautiful! But, why aren't you modeling it OUTSIDE?? LOL! I assume it's not very springy there at the moment.

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  17. Oh, this is so lovely. You are the master of pretty little summer cardigans!

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  18. Is that you in the pictures? The cardi is cute and young - and you look great in it. The quality of the photos is also very good. Well done.

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  19. I love your cardi, very nice and i like the colour you have chosen.

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