"Happy Husband" cardigan now finally finished, I have been searching and trying for years. It feels quite
selfish to only ever haven knitten him a scarf. It was design by trial
and error. Total time more than one year, If I count the times I started off with other yarns and
design ideas it took a decade. But here it is and he is happy.
I have tried off in 3
different yarns, first it was too thin and soft (feminine) then it was too thick and coarse (tchy). I started over many times, to get the needle size right, to get the pattern right (finally settled on seedstitch) and to get the design/proportions right. I wanted to knit something that was fully fashioned and slim fit, as I hate oversized sweaters. The design is contiguous top-down principle developed for
this yarn size and with sophisticated fully fashioned detailing. By the way I'm also happy that my idea has now
finally worked out and it's finished. I thank
this last yarn to the kind donation from @Ivo and @annemarie who
collected this vintage Hema Fisherman Wool from and old lady. Delivered
to me by @inge_noordijk. Combined with a couple of skeins Drops Andes. I used pensize 6mm, thinner than recommended for Drops Andes, but that gives the work more body, and hence creates a more masculine result
This model is worked seamlessly from top-down using the contiguous sleeve method developed by Susie Myers, (“SusieM” on Ravelry)
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Happy Husband cardigan by Knitbitch |
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Happy Husband cardigan by Knitbitch |
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Happy Husband cardigan by Knitbitch |
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Happy Husband cardigan by Knitbitch |
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Happy Husband cardigan by Knitbitch |