FP - The Lace Hoodie Cardigan

I am sooooooooo overdue posting this bad boy, but due to the weather being so bad here the lighting for taking photographs was just not good enough.

My {hoodie} was actually already finished and all sewn up on 24 June 2012, but I only got a decent shot of it a few days ago.

All the time I was worried that this would be another garment which looks awful on me, but I am sooooo excited to say that I am loving it. The hoodie is a perfect fit and I am seriously thinking of doing another one in a different yarn/colour, as it is so pretty and so lovely to wear.

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I made a change to the pattern of the sleeves though. For a start I thought that the mesh pattern looked a wee bit out of place. And secondly, I could not get my head around the increase an staying in line with the mesh pattern. Tried it three times and must have made the same mistake over and over again as the sleeve ended up on all three occasions totally imbalanced.

So, I decided that I wanted to carry on with the lace pattern and just worked it into the middle section of the sleeve and plain stockinette for the left and right. Personally, I think this looks much better than the mesh.

This cardigan has been a lot of firsts for me:

• The 1st cardigan I ever knitted and which did fit!
• The 1st time I worked with set in sleeves (not easy)
• The 1st time I used Kitchener's stitch (loving it!!!)

Even though the seams for the arms are quite amateurish and a wee bit crooked - I am leaving them as they are. I love my hoodie the way it is and once I get back to work, I know I will get a lot of use out of it.

For more finished projects hop over to {Tami's blog}

WIP - Lace vest

Shortly before I went for my operation and while I was in hospital I started on a new project. I needed something that did not require much thought  so I kept with the lace pattern of the {Lace Back Hoodie}, as that is so easy to remember.

I only had five balls of Rowan Bamboo Soft Classic, which I got in a sale so it had to be a smaller project.

I just cast on 100 stitches and knit until 1.5 balls were done, then I cast off and had my front piece for a vest completed.

unblocked - WIP status 14 June 2012

I am half way with the back piece now and hope to have it completed some time this week. Oh, and I have no ides if it is the right fit, I am just winging it this time.

For more WIP's check out {Tami's Blog}