Norwegian Waterlillies Cardigan
Finished
February 15, 2018
June 17, 2018

Norwegian Waterlillies Cardigan

Project info
Vannlilje kofte by Lene Tøsti
Knitting
SweaterCardigan
Me!
3rd smallest
Needles & yarn
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
23 stitches = 4 inches
Naturally Otira
Notes

Translated from the Norwegian using Google Translate (!) 12.2.18
Swatched for gauge 14.2.18
Started knitting 15.2.18
Ended up knitting most of it by mid April, then took fright at the idea of the steek! I finally summoned up the courage to cut the steek in early June, then finished off the sleeves, and button and neck bands in time to wear it for the first time on 18th June.
My tension was too loose on the colour work compared to the rest of the cardigan, but some extreme blocking has mostly fixed that. I don’t know what I did wrong at the side of the button bands that form the bottom edge, but they looked wrong with alternating green and blue along the bottom edge compared to the rest of the bottom edge of the cardigan, which is a blue cast off edge. So in the end I crocheted a chain in blue and whip stitched it to the edge and that looks much better. I am so happy with this cardigan, the yarn is beautiful and it feels like a bit of a triumph having translated it from the Norwegian and managed to knit it up!

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Finished
February 15, 2018
June 17, 2018
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by Naturally
DK
40% Merino, 35% Tencel, 25% Possum
170 yards / 50 grams

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  • Project created: February 21, 2018
  • Finished: June 18, 2018
  • Updated: May 14, 2019
  • Progress updates: 2 updates