Let me introduce…
Soay
An absolutely delightful and very clever little jacket. Knitted in the round, with a lovely little lacy touch and the cleverest set in sleeves. A very flattering scooped neckline with the front and neck edged in i-cord. Delicious. I highly recommend it. A five star cardigan.
Pattern: Soay by Gudrun Johnston aka The Shetland Trader – you can find it and buy it through Ravelry. I shortened the sleeves by 5 rows each because I was panicking about running out of yarn (OK, when don’t I?!!) and my arms aren’t very long!!
Yarn: Lana Grossa Merino Superfein in colour 583
I absolutely loved making this jacket – I learned such a lot, not least how to do amazing i-cord (which is SO clever, but really not difficult at all once you get going!). It also used up 960m of yarn from my stash, which was a big help in making this year’s totals look a little less awful!
Thank you Mel for telling me about this pattern! You may want to check out Mel’s new blog – The Little Washhouse – which I think should really have been called The Knitting Goddess, because that’s what she is!
Helen
September 5th, 2011 at 11:52 am
Great job! Impressive knitting skills!
September 5th, 2011 at 12:45 pm
Yay! Didn’t you finish QUICKLY?!! Hahaha, so glad you loved it as much as I did –
oh, and thanks for the blog love 😉
September 5th, 2011 at 1:52 pm
WOW that is a beauty – wish my knitting looked as good. It would probably look great with long sleeves as well.
September 5th, 2011 at 2:12 pm
Your knitting is absolute perfection…always so inspiring, Helen.
September 5th, 2011 at 5:41 pm
Beautiful Helen! And cardigans are so practical too!
September 5th, 2011 at 7:35 pm
It’s beautiful! What a wonderful fall sweater.
September 7th, 2011 at 12:45 am
Boy you get a lot of things accomplished. You are an inspiration. I don’t know how you do it all!
September 7th, 2011 at 12:00 pm
Gorgeous piece of knitting, as ever. I don’t know how you manage to achieve so much. Still working on my socks …