Keg's Kelly Cardigan

Pattern:  Kelly Cardigan by Erika Knight
Yarn:  Madil Yarns Kid Seta
7 Skeins of 462 Robin's Egg Blue

I started this cardigan in 2008 and finished it in 2014.  All the pieces knit up fast until I got to the shoulder sections.  The stair step decreases left ugly holes and I had no patience or understanding of short rows.  I put the shoulder sections on stitch holders and packed it all away.

Then I came across a Purl Bee tutorial on short rows and a Purl Hunter video on wrap and turn. After some practice I finished the shoulders  and the seaming.

I knit the smallest size: 34 and it is one size too large for me and two sizes too large for the model. The pattern is designed to be a cropped cardigan but I added a few rows to the length of the body and sleeves.  

  Unstretched and without snaps.

Daughter-who-knits modelled this at the beach in 80 degree temps! 

What a good daughter.

...Happy Trails....

WIP IT

Work In Progress

Each of these WIP tops have their own one particular issue that holds me back from finishing them. 

Rowan's Smooch. 

Saucy plunging neckline.

  The decreases in the v neckline do not match perfectly on either side.  




Nora Gaughan's Cabaret. 
Cool Deco.

I need to reseam 4" under arms so sleeve and body meet neatly. 


Erika Knight's Kelly. 
Queen of Cardi-Gras.

The shoulder stair-step decreases need short row wraps to close in holes. 


"When a problem comes along, you must whip it.
It's not too late".




...Happy Trails...