Gibson Cardigan

 

I am finally able to show you a finished knitted garment - The Gibson Cardigan by Angela Hahn. Gibson is a free pattern, published by Knitty magazine, First Fall edition of 2018. The pattern calls for heavy weight cotton yarn, but lately I find that I prefer knitting with wool, even for summer. So I opted to knit it in an Italian bobbin tweed yarn I had around - Filpucci Tweedeco, 70% merino, 30% poly-amide, 450 m per 100 g.

Gibson is a top-down raglan cardigan with lace sleeves and a wide collar, which is knitted sideways. My first modification - as my yarn was thinner and my gauge smaller, I cast on the second size (S), aiming at achieving an XS and I had to recalculate the rows to add additional depth, as my rows gauge was also smaller.

 When I divided for the body and reached the high hip, I decided that I wanted the cardigan longer, so I continued knitting until the body under the arms measured 40 cm. However the long cardigan was rather narrow to cover my hips, even with the added collar. So I decided to add two lace triangles to the fronts. I chose a place above the bust to start the lace triangle and grafted it to the stockinette body as I went knitting it top-down.

 

I did not want ribbing which would pull in the end of the cardigan, so I finished the hems with broken rib and for consistency I decided to make the collar of the cardigan in the same style.

 

And finally - I decided to leave the cardigan open,  without buttons or other closure, as it is intended as a light cover during the summer nights or warmer spring and autumn days.

Although I had my doubts and hesitations, I am pretty happy with the end result - the cardigan is light, only 230 g, airy, yet very warm and comfy. The yarn is supersoft and pleasant to the skin.

 

 

Pattern: Gibson by Angela Hahn

Yarn: Filpucci Tweedeco, 230 g

Needle: 4 mm body, 3.5 mm hems and collar

Time to knit: 2 months

Menemsha

Pattern: Menemsha Pullover by Angela Hahn
Yarn: Lino 25 % linen, 75% viscose, 250 g
Needle: 3.5 mm
Time to knit: quite a lot of time for the yoke, three days for the body

Finally a quick photo session. I feel I said all there was to say about this pattern in my previous post, so just a few more photos of this little summer top. A lucky combination of yarn, color and pattern, which makes it one of my favorites for the summer.

Whimsical Knitting

Is your knitting logical? 'Cause mine sure isn't, especially of late :)

I've finally finished the Elfe-striped sweater, it's blocking now and I hope to be able to photo-shoot it for FO Friday. I started the grey-lime sweater as a stash-busting project, I had about 180  g of lime and 120 g of grey. I knew, that if I wanted long sleeves I could pull it off with lime at the bottom and grey at the top. However, I liked the color transition better from grey at the bottom to lime at the top. So, here I went, knowing that this should mean 3/4 sleeves max. And I did make one of the sleeves, in the round, on 5 needles, and 3/4 length, and I didn't like it at all, neither the length, nor the width (kind of roomy around my armpits). So-o-o, I unraveled it and this time decided to knit the sleeves flat - not only because it's much faster, but for structure too. And realizing that I definitely prefer the sleeves to be 7/8 in length, I went and bought another ball of grey yarn. So, if I had made the sweater lime-grey, I would have busted the whole lot of yarn, while now I still have about 100 g left. Do I regret it - NO! I like it as it is and I believe after all this is what really matters :)

And on my current knitting - it's Menemsha Pullover by Angela Hahn. Last month I bought this still unknown to me yarn - Alize Lino, 25% linen and 75% viscose in a natural color.

I have never knitted with yarn in the form of a knitted tube and I was hesitant about the final result, but I like it a lot and I think it's the perfect yarn for this sweater.

The only hitch - it's a short sleeved summer sweater, it's coming along very slowly, so I will be knitting it for at least two or even three more weeks and autumn is already settled in. I should be knitting hats, gloves and cardigans, and I do have the yarns already, why am I knitting a summer sweater, which I will not be able to wear until next May, earliest!?
Because I can, I suppose? :)


I've just finished the right sleeve and started the part of the yoke, forming the boat neckline.