Thursday 17 June 2010

More Cardis

I've finished another wonderful cardi.

This one is Bea by (yes, you've guessed it) Kim Hargreaves. The pattern is from the book precious.
There were a number of similar cardi patterns that I thought about knitting but I liked the textured details on the upper body of this one. The tie-cord is also a little bit different.
I made the smallest size, which has turned out to be a good fit. The only modification I made was to make full-length rather than three-quarter sleeves.
The yarn I used is Sirdar Balmoral. I only came across this yarn in March when I went on my birthday yarn shopping trip to Black Sheep in Culcheth. I bought this yarn because I adored the colour (what pink don't I adore?). The yarn itself has quite an expensive feel to it but it's very reasonably priced. It's a combination of wool, silk and alpaca. I used exactly 9 balls to make this cardi. I'll definitely be buying more of this yarn, it's lovely to knit with and gives a smart finish to the garment.

I have now started a new cardi (2010 is obviously the year of the cardi for me!). It's a feminine lacy/ribbed mohair cardi that I'm designing myself. The colour is a lovely pale blue (not pink for a change) and I have some gorgeous flower buttons that will finish it off beautifully. The mohair yarn sheds like anything and I end up with a coating of hairs by the end of the evening but hopefully once it is knitted up it will behave itself.

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