Have been working on this cardigan over January. I have two piles of leftover grey yarn, neither is enough to knit a whole sweater so I thought I would combine them in a random striping pattern. The ripply texture of garter stitch and the different tones of grey remind me of the lichens I saw on a road trip to Bruce Peninsula two summers ago.

I followed this cardigan pattern from Pierrot. It’s has a nice chart that I learned to read with the help of this wonderful document. I followed all the instructions for stitch count, increases and decreases in the chart, but I used a larger needle (7.5mm), made button holes all the way down the front (though they’re not quite spaced evenly despite my best efforts. Oh well) and knitted everything in garter stitch, which I think has a simple, rustic look to it that I really love. Like lichens.

Here’s the back view…

And I thought some nice unpolished wood buttons would go well with the simple garter stitch.

I’ve been wanting to make a versatile grey cardigan for a while and I think this is it! I’m very happy with it. And I think I’m starting to appreciate the slower pace of knitting. I still avoid circular needles as much as possible (I chose this pattern mainly because it’s knitted flat and seamed), but maybe one day I’ll start to appreciate them too. And because it’s knitted quite loosely with the relatively large needles I crocheted all the seams together with a 6.5mm hook.

On a slightly separate note, I mentioned a couple of times that I’ve crocheted the Masonry Jacket, but it turned out really rather stiff and doesn’t look all that good on me. So I’m pretty sure I’m going to take it apart to make something else. I’m thinking of knitting a basic sweater in garter or moss stitch. Would be nice to wear over collared shirt. Will keep you posted! 

Have an awesome week, everyone!

A few things with school and work got cancelled, so the first two weeks of the semester weren’t as busy as I thought, and I suddenly have time on my hands for a few quick knitting projects :D

Mike requested these to wear in his chilly office.

I used this pattern. Knitted flat and seamed together.

And then I made myself this hat, knitted sideways in garter stitch. 

Was being really woolly that day, wearing a woolly hat and a woolly sweater.

I followed this pattern. It was fun to learn short rows! I decreased the number of stitches because I used a much thicker yarn (super bulky) and much larger needles (10 mm) than called for, and I didn’t do the knit TBL for the top and the brim.

Well, whatever got cancelled mostly got pushed to this week, so things will get busier, but hopefully I will still be able to sit down and knit for a while in the evening.

Have a wonderful week, everyone!

 This was the knitting project I mentioned a couple of posts ago :D It’s a Lion Brand pattern. The lace pattern was a bit confusing at first and I had to take it apart a couple of times. Thankfully no stitches were lost (I think), and after 2 weeks of knitting I pretty much got the pattern memorized so it got a lot easier after that. Just two rectangles with a bit of neck shaping. The collar turned out a bit smaller than I thought, so I just crocheted 1 round of single crochet to finish it off rather than doing the 3 rounds of k1 p1 ribbing as instructed. A bit big on me all around but I like that it’s long.

I really like the texture of the moss stitch. I think I’m going to try to make up a sweater pattern with moss stitch, bulky yarn and 10 mm needles. We’ll see.

Have a happy Wednesday!