Dewdrop FernLace Cardigan
Pattern: Dewdrop FernLace Cardigan
Yarn: Misti Alpaca Worsted Solids
Content: 100% Alpaca
Amount used: 5 balls (~218 yards per 100g)
Needles: US size 7 and 8
I started this project at the end of May, and finished in mid July.
While I am happy with the way the finished project turned out, the pattern itself was a bit confusing. The body is worked in a single piece to the underarm, then split for the back and fronts. However, the instructions have you bind of the underarm stitches separately from each other - 5 are bound off with the right front, the remaining five for the right underarm are bound off with the back, and the same thing for the left underarm. This seemed odd to me, so I choose to work the bind offs contiguously, then split.
Additionally, I ran in to difficulty with the sleeves. The instructions say to increase to a total of 79 stitches, then bind off for the underarms, and decrease for the caps. However, the lace repeat is 10 + 1, meaning you would not have a full repeat when beginning your sleeves. I decided to use 83 stitches (81 for the sleeve itself, plus 2 edge stitches). This means that 12 stitches needed to be bound off from the underarm, rather then the 10 called for in the pattern. I worked the sleeve cap decreases exactly the same as those specified for the back.
If I were to knit this pattern again, I would work the sleeves in the round, increasing to a total of 81 stitches, binding off 10 for the underarm, and then working flat for the decreases.
Yarn: Misti Alpaca Worsted Solids
Content: 100% Alpaca
Amount used: 5 balls (~218 yards per 100g)
Needles: US size 7 and 8
I started this project at the end of May, and finished in mid July.
While I am happy with the way the finished project turned out, the pattern itself was a bit confusing. The body is worked in a single piece to the underarm, then split for the back and fronts. However, the instructions have you bind of the underarm stitches separately from each other - 5 are bound off with the right front, the remaining five for the right underarm are bound off with the back, and the same thing for the left underarm. This seemed odd to me, so I choose to work the bind offs contiguously, then split.
Additionally, I ran in to difficulty with the sleeves. The instructions say to increase to a total of 79 stitches, then bind off for the underarms, and decrease for the caps. However, the lace repeat is 10 + 1, meaning you would not have a full repeat when beginning your sleeves. I decided to use 83 stitches (81 for the sleeve itself, plus 2 edge stitches). This means that 12 stitches needed to be bound off from the underarm, rather then the 10 called for in the pattern. I worked the sleeve cap decreases exactly the same as those specified for the back.
If I were to knit this pattern again, I would work the sleeves in the round, increasing to a total of 81 stitches, binding off 10 for the underarm, and then working flat for the decreases.