Short and Sweet
Short and Sweet
Surprising.
Who would have thought? not me... For sure!
But this is living proof I was wrong. I always thought the thinner the yarn, the better. But here, I must recon it is not true. My version in a thinner yarn is less attractive than the thicker original.
You live, you learn.
I consider my version of short and sweet however satisfactory .
STATS :
I did a few more changes in the original design
Follow up:
The sleeves :
I tried the cardigan while crocheting and I thought I managed to have average armholes, but I ended up with huge ones... I went wrong somehow, or the weight of the yarn stretched the whole thing... Anyway, I had to improvise decreases and turn the first row 'skip 2' into 'skip 6' to avoid the batwing effect.
Besides, I didn't like the wavy look at the end of the sleeve so I tried different things and settled for 4 rows of seed stitch.
The back :
I felt a tappered look would be more flattering on my almost-rubanesque figure (don't you just love this word ~ ♡ rubanesque ♡ ~ isn't it way better than plain fat ?) and so I integrated darts in the back but, alas, too late, I should have satrted them before the fronts, weighing and stretching of the yarn brought to almost nothing the effect of the darts. The result is less squarish but not as fitted as I was hoping.
Darts and decreases were quite easy to work out, but they tended to create a flaw in the repetition of the motif (unless the decreases were worked in 2 motives at the same time).
The borders
I don't know what the original pattern called for, I was thinking of having a plain and classic 8-rows-of-single-crochet type of border, but I felt the seed stitch was lighter, softer , more casual and more akin to the embossed pattern of the cardigan. I think I'll try single crochet next time, it always gives a very classy final touch.
I also added buttonholes and am now on the hunt for buttons that wouldn't scream "help us, she stole us from her granny", which is far more difficult than I tought.
☞ with 4 yarn balls used up
☞ with 5 yarn balls used up
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