Last week I saw this adorable Christmas cardigan on Facebook. I knew Daisy had to have one.
I had the green Shetland wool in my stash - Jamieson's of Shetland Shetland Spindrift - left over from a previous project.
The white yarn is Karabella Gossamer yarn - from back when I used to teach knitting for a luxury cruiseline. This line of luxury yarn was available for purchase at my classes.
It is a sparkly mohair/nylon/polyester blend and perfect for the trim on the sweater.
Initially I made the cardigan too long so cut the bottom border off, ripped back several rows and grafted the bottom back on. I guess I could just have reknit the garter stitch border but I didn't want to waste any of the beautiful, mohair yarn. The pattern is the 'A-line cardigan' from Little Cotton Rabbits. The patterns are available on Ravelry or Etsy. It was already in my stash from when I knit Daisy the blue cardigan.
It steam-blocked beautifully. Working with Shetland yarn is a delight even if the garment is itty bitty.
I still have to knit the collar and do the embroidery but couldn't resist having Daisy model her new sweater.
An added bonus is that it went very nicely with her sheepy dress.
Scooter is coming from The Big City for a visit today but later on I hope to finish knitting the collar and get a start on the Christmas motifs.
I've also crocheted two more octagons to add to the Persian Tiles blanket. Will do two more and the corresponding granny squares. Then will sew together and decide if I'll stop there or try to crank out 6 more to add to one side to make it a 5 x 6 blanket.
The alternative is to order more yarn and make a second one. The Stylecraft Special DK is lovely and soft. Interestingly some colours are softer than others.
The new Downton Abbey movie came out last Friday so we're trying to decide when we'll go see it.
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