Tailored Cardi Love

Monday, September 01, 2008

After finishing the cabled cardi I still had some balls remaining of the yarn. The DROPS Tailored cardigan had been in my queue for a while and seeing villapeikko's version made me want to knit it even more. A few yardage calculations confirmed me that I had enough of the now-discontinued colorway and off I went. I took the cardi with me when I went vacationing, knitting it on car trips and what not. And boy was it a quick finish. It's taken me significantly longer to blog about it than to knit the piece. :D

Project: Tailored Cardi #1 (Ravelry), cast-on: July 4 2008, cast-off: July 30, 2008
Pattern: DROPS 97-18 Tailored cardigan (Ravelry)
Yarn: about 6.5 skeins (316g/935 yd/855 m) of Novita Wool in colorway #192 (dark teal)
Needles: 3.5 mm circular
Mods: I couldn't get gauge so I took stitch counts from size S and measurements (in cm) from size XS; moss stitch borders instead of garter stitch; knitted body in one piece; top-down seamless set-in sleeves with short-row shaping

I love those flared sleeves. And look at these buttons!

I'm so pleased with how this turned out that I'm already knitting another one, this time in apple/pistachio green. Hence, More Tailored Cardi Love. I want one in every color! :)