Carbeth Cardigan
Finished
March 2018
May 19, 2019

Carbeth Cardigan

Project info
Carbeth Cardigan by Kate Davies Designs
Knitting
SweaterCardigan
Me
5th
Needles & yarn
US 9 - 5.5 mm
US 10 - 6.0 mm
14 stitches and 20 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette back and forth and in the round
KDD & Co (Kate Davies Designs) Buachaille
none left in stash
15 skeins = 1799.5 yards (1645.5 meters), 750 grams
25425
Kate Davies Design
March 2018
Notes

The knitting was hard on my hands/wrists thats why I stopped making this for a long time, more than one year.

But I like the clean design, the very good yarn - think this will be a wardrobe staple. Therefore I took on the challenge again. Restart May 2019. Thankfully this is a cropped cardi and thick yarn (held double) - hope this will go fast….and it did slightly_smiling_face

Made the body a little longer - 30cm, and run out of yarn - of course. Choose BaaRamEwe Dovestone DK in a bright green as a contrast for the remainder of the collar and the I-Cord edging.

Skipped buttons, but if I find matching ones in the same green as the Dovestone DK I might change my mind.

The ribbing and the decreases rolled a lot during knitting. But after wet blocking it disappeared.

There were many parts to put on hold. I used the KnitPicks cables, but had only very long ones which got in the way all the time. Better use waste yarn-next time.

The fit is amazing. As always the shoulder is far to wide for me, but I did not find out how to change to a much smaller size. There are decreases every row already.
May be in the middle of the shoulder? But where to start? So I left it like it is - it still fits.

Leftover:
8g of Buachaille /Hedder
Additionally used:
42g of Dovestone DK Chevin

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March 2018
May 19, 2019
 
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About this yarn
by KDD & Co (Kate Davies Designs)
DK
100% Wool
120 yards / 50 grams

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  • Project created: May 13, 2019
  • Finished: May 19, 2019
  • Updated: May 31, 2019
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