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Acer cardigan

I made this for Myself

Created by: Beverly S

  • Project Details

    About

    I bought this yarn and a pattern at a giant fiber festival in New York State (Rhinebeck) in 2015. It sat in the bag until a few months ago when I watched the Knitting Pipeline podcast and saw Paula wearing the Acer cardigan by Amy Christoffers. I just had to knit that sweater for myself. So, I went right to Ravelry and purchased the pattern. Then I went to my closet, found the bag of yarn and guess what pattern I had purchased a paper copy of with the yarn - the Acer cardigan. I guess I really was meant to knit that sweater. I started the sweater and knit the entire front and back ( which are knit in one piece) when I decided that I wasn't doing a technique quite correctly, so, I ripped the entire thing back to the ribbing and started over- whew. I kept at it and finally finished. I LOVE the finished product. There just might be another Acer Cardigan in my future.

    Pattern

    Acer cardigan

    This pattern can be found here:
    www.ravelry.com

    Yarns

    • material-yarn
      Miss Babs Yowza - Slate ✕ 3.0 balls

    Needles & Hooks

    • Circular 5.00mm (US 8) 60cm
    • Circular 5.50mm (US 9) 60cm

    Accessories

    • Stitch Markers
    • Tapestry Needle
    • Cable Needle
    • Stitch Holder
    • Buttons
    Other : I used polymer clay buttons made by an independent artist. I bought the buttons at a small fiber festival in our town.

    Measurements

    Notes: I made size 38. I added an inch-and-a-half to the length of the sweater. Also, I made the sleeves longer than called for. Also, I added an extra button.
    I used larger needles than the pattern called for because it called for a worsted weight yarn and the Miss Babs Yowza is closer to a dk weight. I swatched and found that I needed to go up several sizes but it all worked out.

    Tags

    Craft

    Knitting

    Skill Level

    Intermediate

    Status

    Complete
    Started on: Mar 27, 2017 Finished on: Jun 2, 2017

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