a little Libby
When I first saw the Friend to Knit With Libby cardigan last year I immediately joined the voices calling for the pattern and was duly rewarded when Leslie gennerously made the pattern freely available. Leslie took her inspiration from the Boden catalogue and funnily enough that same Boden cardigan had caught my eye too and I immediately wondered how easy it would be to create my own. However, unlike clever Leslie, my thought remained no more than a thought in my head.
I love this cardigan, Leslie did such a good job. Her version is in fact a simplified version of the Boden one, there are no cables but the simple garter stitch details marry perfectly with the swing shape and I think I like this version even better.
It was quick to knit, even taking into account the need for me to do a little maths in sizing the pattern down.
I used Rowan Felted Tweed which I suspect may be a little lighter than Leslie's yarn choice but I swatched a couple of times and eventually got gauge.
I am particulary impressed by how well Leslie's sleeve caps work. Neatly setting in sleeves often gives me a headache but Leslie's seem to work perfectly, the neat, sharp line shoulder line gives me huge satisfaction.
Another interesting note is that the sleeves are slim fitting and I love this, I often knit sleeves that seem ridiculously loose and baggy, in fact in recent years I frequently find myself having to ignore the pattern instructions on the sleeve size and re-writing to suit my preference for a neater fitting sleeve. It is not that I or my children have particularly slim arms but it just seems that many knitting patterns come with very wide fitting sleeves, perhaps it is to enable the wearer to keep all manner of strange things up their sleeves?
If you have been considering knitting Libby but are worried about re-sizing then please do not let that put you off. It was really easy to work out what adjustments to make and I promise you that I am very bad at these sort of calculations but this didn't even have me swearing. So come on, no excuses, just go for it.
When I first saw the Friend to Knit With Libby cardigan last year I immediately joined the voices calling for the pattern and was duly rewarded when Leslie gennerously made the pattern freely available. Leslie took her inspiration from the Boden catalogue and funnily enough that same Boden cardigan had caught my eye too and I immediately wondered how easy it would be to create my own. However, unlike clever Leslie, my thought remained no more than a thought in my head.
I love this cardigan, Leslie did such a good job. Her version is in fact a simplified version of the Boden one, there are no cables but the simple garter stitch details marry perfectly with the swing shape and I think I like this version even better.
It was quick to knit, even taking into account the need for me to do a little maths in sizing the pattern down.
I used Rowan Felted Tweed which I suspect may be a little lighter than Leslie's yarn choice but I swatched a couple of times and eventually got gauge.
I am particulary impressed by how well Leslie's sleeve caps work. Neatly setting in sleeves often gives me a headache but Leslie's seem to work perfectly, the neat, sharp line shoulder line gives me huge satisfaction.
Another interesting note is that the sleeves are slim fitting and I love this, I often knit sleeves that seem ridiculously loose and baggy, in fact in recent years I frequently find myself having to ignore the pattern instructions on the sleeve size and re-writing to suit my preference for a neater fitting sleeve. It is not that I or my children have particularly slim arms but it just seems that many knitting patterns come with very wide fitting sleeves, perhaps it is to enable the wearer to keep all manner of strange things up their sleeves?
If you have been considering knitting Libby but are worried about re-sizing then please do not let that put you off. It was really easy to work out what adjustments to make and I promise you that I am very bad at these sort of calculations but this didn't even have me swearing. So come on, no excuses, just go for it.
Comments
Yours is gorgeous! so's the little girl...