“The charity needs newborn sets for the baby packs”.
is what I was told late last year.
“They’re open to ancient and modern,
so there’s no excuse for you not making some”
Don’t you love friends who talk in riddles - ‘ancient and modern’ to my crafting friend meant soft traditional baby colours as well as loud bright (or dark even) colours – simple basic ‘old fashioned styles as well as different ‘up to date’ ones.
Thinking, plotting and planning is why I had a leftovers sorting session early in January. And as so often happens with me things didn’t go quite to plan
Newborn size.
16” in older knitting patterns – 0-3 months in others – 41cm in newer ones.
Small in size taking no time at all to finish
Do any of you remember the time three years ago when I sewed a sleeve seam to a side seam – well memories of that returned when I began to put the first cardigan together.
The back side seams didn’t match those on the fronts
The back was much too long!
I’m not a top down knitter, prefer straight needles making garments in pieces rather than in the round. And because I’ve knit these little basic cardigans so often over the years I’ve simplified the instructions – instead of ins/cms I use rows. So that side seam for both fronts & back will equal 42 rows – 10 rib plus 32 with cast off for armholes on row 43/44.
The front length is easily calculated by counting the number of ridges on the front button band. The back is different, now and again there’s a quick row count and you can guess what happened – intent on reaching 42 rows I forgot to take into account the 10 rib ones already knit🙁
So it’s unravel it down to the correct number of rows ready to cast off for the armhole.
Finished, ready to sew together again- one side fits nicely – there’s a slight problem with other one.
Not happy Jan! I’ve only gone and forgotten to cast off on the purl row!
Unpick again- begin again. Cross your fingers. . third time lucky!
The Golfer banished, iPad closed, tv off. Time to concentrate properly.
Sucess, finished, just have the band to sew on the neckline.
Paired with a Babbity hat and bootees it’ll soon be ready to go
Now I’m on a roll – most of a blue/white striped set was finished on Monday
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Yesterday there was
(shush)
housework – but it didn’t happen until after a break for coffee
and a quick squizz at a new library book
Death of an author – E.C.R. Lorac (1935/reprint 2023)
Link to (freely available) online basic cardigan pattern.
Waterwheel 890
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