Saturday, January 10, 2015

Holiday Knitting: Granny's Favourite

One of the benefits of camping, especially when there is no phone service, is that you have plenty of time to sit around and knit and drink wine :). This is really handy when you have almost finished a cardigan for your daughter, with only one sleeve remaining, and it has been in that state and completely untouched for almost three months.
I'm not the worlds best knitter and definitely not the fastest, but I do know that I love top down, all in one patterns. My favourite knitting pattern designer by far is Georgie Hallam of Tikki Knits. In fact I don't think I've ever finished a knitting project that isn't one of her patterns.

This cardigan has a lovely lace pattern around the yoke which is pretty easy to follow. The rest is just stocking stitch which is perfect for mindless TV watching in the evening.

The yarn is from Bendigo Woollen Mills and is a surprisingly smooth bamboo and wool mix called Stellar. 
Adele really likes her cardigan. I'm sure she'll get plenty of wear from it when the weather cools down. In the meantime, I've cast on a cardigan for her in navy blue, in the hope that she might be able to wear it with her school uniform.

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9 comments:

  1. ChristyJanuary 10, 2015 at 10:34 AM

    That is a gorgeous sweater!

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  2. ChristyJanuary 10, 2015 at 10:47 AM

    That's so pretty!

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  3. ChristyJanuary 10, 2015 at 2:51 PM

    What a great little cardi. You've *almost* inspired me to give knitting another bash.

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  4. ChristyJanuary 10, 2015 at 2:52 PM

    That really is gorgeous. Very game model to put it on in the Summer too :)

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  5. ChristyJanuary 10, 2015 at 4:25 PM

    That's a beautiful cardigan, and Adele looks well pleased with it! I do love that pattern.

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  6. ChristyJanuary 11, 2015 at 1:47 AM

    It's very prety and what a cute outfit with the button matching her skirt. My mum is about to start knitting this pattern for my daughter so nice to see a version of it on a blog I follow

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  7. ChristyJanuary 11, 2015 at 8:58 PM

    I didn't even know you knit! I have this cardigan queued in Ravelry I think. It's lovely in that yarn and Adele certainly looks happy with it. Win!

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  8. ChristyJanuary 11, 2015 at 9:19 PM

    Thanks. It is quite adorable. I'm sure your little one will get a lot of wear from it. Hopefully your mum is faster than I am at knitting :)

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  9. ChristyJanuary 11, 2015 at 9:19 PM

    Oh I do everything Jillian!! No, I'm a very slow and limited knitter. :)

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