Wow. This is the intended yarn for the beautiful little girl dress from a few posts ago. I rescued it from someone else's stash. And it's actually the yarn prescribed in the pattern; Schaefer's Laurel, a mercerized 100% cotton. Amazing, as I tend to substitute due to the size of my stash and thriftiness.However, there is one thing holding me up...
One sleeve, one collar and six buttons, that is. This is a neck-down cardigan for my daughter, made from Cascade Cotton Rich. Amazing stuff, seriously. I would not normally say this about a yarn, but this yarn has been frogged no less than 5 times (yes, five) and was still knittable and held together quite well most places. I think that deserves high marks. Lemme see, first this was a seed stitch cardi for her, and I even had the buttons sewn on, but then wanted to make a Tomten. Shoulda stuck with my first inkling there. I ripped out the Tomten three times, only to determine I wouldn't have enough yarn to finish it and didn't want to buy more (see aforementioned thriftiness). Then remembered adoring knitting from the neck-down and investigated how many yards were required for a small cardi--surprisingly few! So I started this about a week ago. Perfect for spring, that is...spring in the northwoods where 20" of snow has melted in the last three days, leaving us with a lagoon for a backyard.
2 comments:
I am so excited to see that dress come together. What luck with the yarn!
Hello mmate nice blog
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