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Carbeth Cardigan Rosso Ciliegia
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Finished
October 18, 2019
November 25, 2019

Carbeth Cardigan Rosso Ciliegia

Project info
Carbeth Cardigan by Kate Davies Designs
Knitting
Sweater → Cardigan
me
smallest
Needles & yarn
US 10 - 6.0 mm
US 10½ - 6.5 mm
14 stitches and 20 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette back and forth and in the round
KDD & Co (Kate Davies Designs) Buachaille
240 yards in stash
11 skeins = 1320.0 yards (1207.0 meters), 550 grams
Macallum
Red
Notes

10-18-2019 Swatching

started swatch with 6.5…we’ll see how it turns out.

10-21-2019 Doing things a little differently

swatch was good so I got started. I decided to make a slightly more tapered shape on the bottom so that it is closer to my favourite red cotton sweater that I wear in the spring/summer. I’m worried about having enough yarn so I did a provisional cast on of 122 stitches, knit up 1.5 inches and increased by 4 on either side of the side markers (126), went up another inch from there and increased another 4 stitches to 130 - the right stitch count for size 1. I’m intending to knit 7.5 inches in before starting the sleeves and then add the bottom ribbing after I’ve got the rest of the body completed.

10-31-2019 Sleeves and body attached

Got the sleeves and body attached this evening while waiting for daughter to come back from trick-or-treat ;). Made the sleeves 18” to accomodate my long arms and continue to check yarn quantities. So far:
Body w/o ribbing: 1 ball of doubled yarn (2 skeins)
2 sleeves (18” each) 1.66 balls of yarn doubled, using remainder of 3rd ball to start yoke.

11-08-2019 Grafted sleeves to body and completed bottom ribbing

Really good sleeve and body grafting tutorial at:
https://tricksyknitter.com/blogs/learn-to-knit/how-to-graft-underarm-stitches-in-a-seamless-sweater-part-2

make sleeves longer next time 02-26-2021

I like this cardigan, both for fit and colour; but, if I make another one I will lengthen the arms even more, about another inch (19” total). At 18” they fall right above my wrist bone and I find myself often wearing wrist warmers with it to compensate.

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Finished
October 18, 2019
November 25, 2019
 
About this pattern
Carbeth Cardigan
by Kate Davies Designs
from Kate Davies Designs
3038 projects, in 3782 queues
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  3. Bold
About this yarn
Buachaille
by KDD & Co (Kate Davies Designs)
DK
100% Wool
120 yards / 50 grams

3613 projects

stashed 4616 times

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  1. springy
  2. wooly
  3. smooth
  • Originally queued: October 17, 2019
  • Project created: October 18, 2019
  • Finished: November 25, 2019
  • Updated: February 26, 2021
  • Progress updates: 5 updates