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Jane is Finished

Jane Cardigan

Jane Cardigan

I finished the Jane cardigan! I am pleased with how it turned out – and the construction was intriguing.

The pattern is from here (You might need to be a member of Ravelry to see the pattern). I bought the yarn from Spotlight – it is Patons Zhivago (Charcoal colour).

It fits Miss A perfectly, which means that it won’t fit for long, next time I will make a size bigger than I think I need.

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Jane Cardigan Update

Miss A has been unwell, which has meant time at home sitting on the couch. So a small amount of knitting is getting done.

I have finished the body of the Jane cardigan and have started on the sleeves. As the sleeves are quite short, the end appears to be insight.

 

 

 

 

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Jane Progress (Knitting)

I’ve been working away on the Jane cardigan – I think I’m past all of the difficult bits. It’s coming together nicely I really like the way it is designed.  I’ve been watching The Pallisers while knitting – all I can say is ‘were there no handsome actors in 1974’? I’ve read Phineas Finn so I know he is meant to be very attractive, but that doesn’t seem to be the case in this adaptation.

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Knitterly Progress

Progress on the Jane Cardigan

I have finished the increases. Next up is putting the arm stitches onto waste yarn and picking up stitches for the front.

I’m a bit nervous about picking up stitches. I do it all of the time for socks, but on the front of a cardigan it will be very obvious if I stuff it up.

There won’t be any knitting happening for a while because I have hurt my right index finger – it is a lovely shade of blue at the moment. I fill in for a few netball teams and today in my rush to be on time I didn’t tape my fingers and within five minutes I had hurt myself.  I’m feeling very frustrated.

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Raglan Shaping

I am intrigued by the raglan shaping on this cardigan – it just seems so ingenious. I’m not sure how clear it is in the image, but if you click on the image you will see a larger version. I know this is probably a common technique in top down knitting, but I think it is so clever – it is like magic.

The yarn I am using is Paton’s Zhivago. It feels lovely and the fabric it produces is great, but I’m not enjoying knitting with it. It keeps splitting and I’m having a hard time getting my needle through the whole loop.  This is a bit of a shame because I bought more of it to make something for Miss P!

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Decision Made

I decided to knit Jane for Miss A. I spent a bit of time switchety swatchety as the girls call it – my third choice of needles finally worked.

I like the way this cardigan is constructed – from the top down and seamlessly.

I’m trying to concentrate on one set of instructions at a time

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