Have thrown caution to the wind and am knitting fronts and back together. Now am I brave enough to knit the sleeves in with the main body? Managed the sleeves, but realised at the end that it wasn’ recommended! Always read the pattern first, guilty as charged for not doing so. Wrong side looks a nightmare of ends to darn in. Hey ho, a bad weather day job and this is it!
Just started this pattern (with yarn from a store near me so the colours will be a bit different!). Had a quick question about the measurements! I’m doing the smallest size and the pattern says the “back” is 56 cm. Mine is only measuring about 30. Just wanted to see what yours is! When it says continue until it measures 21 cm, does that include the ribbing?
56 cm will include fronts and back. Are you knitting fronts and back separately? If so, then 30cm sounds about right for the back piece.
Alternatively, if you’re using different wool to that recommended then that will affect the tension.
Well all I can say is wow, what a beautiful wee cardi and when it's on Coral it is going to look lovely.No one will know the headaches poor Nanna went through.lol😊
Hi Christine. They didn’t have seedling green in stock, so I just used the same peashoot green for both. Seemed to work out ok.
As for knitting sleeves in with body, if you look on page 7 of the instructions, under “neckband” just where I didn’t think to look, it says that there are more rows on the sleeve edges than the body but that it should fit together. I think I had come to that conclusion myself, calculating the number of stitches and rows, it just wouldn’t work out. I think I knitted sleeves a couple of sizes up to overcome this and fiddled about with the decreasing as I went along. I hate seams on garments like this! Good luck with it.
You shoild get the download almost instantaneously. If not, best make contact with Love Knitting.
Hope it works out for you. I was a colour green missing because they had run out.
@Christine C: I’ve purchased it again. I have a receipt this time so must have given incorrect email. Still waiting for the downloadable pattern. Thank you for your feedback.
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Jennifer M
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Christine C
• West Sussex
Vanessa K
Christine C
• West Sussex
Vanessa K
Christine C
• West Sussex
Alternatively, if you’re using different wool to that recommended then that will affect the tension.
Vanessa K
Christine C
• West Sussex
Michelle M
• Queensland
Christine K
Christine C
• West Sussex
As for knitting sleeves in with body, if you look on page 7 of the instructions, under “neckband” just where I didn’t think to look, it says that there are more rows on the sleeve edges than the body but that it should fit together. I think I had come to that conclusion myself, calculating the number of stitches and rows, it just wouldn’t work out. I think I knitted sleeves a couple of sizes up to overcome this and fiddled about with the decreasing as I went along. I hate seams on garments like this! Good luck with it.
Carol B
Christine C
• West Sussex
Hope it works out for you. I was a colour green missing because they had run out.
Carol B
Carol B
Christine C
• West Sussex
Vix
• North Walsham
Christine C
• West Sussex
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Vix
• North Walsham
Vix
• North Walsham
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Vix
• North Walsham