Finishing is Knitting, Too

When I wrote about sorting through my stash, one of the projects I mentioned finding was a cardigan knit from Lion Brand Homespun yarn. All the pieces were knit, but no finishing had happened beyond that.

Today, I dug the pieces out of the storage tub I put them in, and laid them out to examine.

Homespun Sweater, All Laid Out

The pattern is from the book The Learn to Knit a Sweater Book, which features simple sweaters knit from Lion Brand yarns. My main motivation for buying this particular book was that the patterns are all for sizes up to 3X, which means they could actually fit me when they were finished! Not easy for a person of size to come across.

This is the first pattern in the book, called the World's Easiest Cardigan. Truthfully, it was the only one I thought I'd have any use for - everything else is fairly heavy knit, long sleeved sweaters, and I just would never wear them. This cardigan, however, I thought I would use as a jacket alternative in mild weather, which we have plenty of here.

The cardigan is constructed from five pieces - three rectangles in various sizes for the back and front, and two trapezoids for the sleeves. It's a very simple, boxy construction. The bottom ends of the front pieces fold up and form built-in pockets. I'm not sure how I'll like those - I have my doubts about how well they'll stay shaped after some wear.

Today's progress on this sweater consists entirely of finally weaving in all the loose ends from knitting it. Next time I pick it up, I'll actually seam it together.

And Now

I'm off in a little while to Panera to have some dinner and knit with SnB-NH friends for a bit. Hope I see some of you there!

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