Finally it is cool enough in Madrid to wear this little beauty!

I am very happy with how it has turned out. The pattern is so clever and so well written that you cannot go wrong if you follow the instrucions as given, even if sometimes they do not seem to be logical.

I made only a few changes:

Made longer sleeves casting on 48 additional stitches (24 for each sleeve). After washing the cardigan I did not block the sleeves very much because I was afraid that they would end being too long.

Made the body a bit longer by adding 32 rows (which would be charts “F” and “G”) at the end, before making the 1/1 rib band. Initially my intention was to make the cardigan even longer, but finally I decided against it as I thought that it would loose a great part of its cuteness.

It was a pleasure to knit with this wool (first time for me), but I don’t know whether it has been the right choice. I have read (after buying it, of course) that it tends to pill like crazy… what I have noticed so far is that it sheds quite a lot; I am wearing dark blue jeans and a black t-shirt and they are full of little hairs from the wool. But well, I am happy anyway…

Should I make another Hitofude (which could happen very soon, in black colour) I would knit the 1/1 rib bands with 1 ktbl/1 p and make them a bit longer.