Finished Minimalist

[castonacupcake]

I finished my Minimalist Cardigan a few weeks ago and I love it.  It is now my go-to cardigan.

I used 3 + a little of a 4th skein of Cascade 220 Heathers in Garnet.  It took me about six weeks to finish, but I'm in the middle of my first semester of law school, so it took me a little longer than it would probably take a normal person with a normal life!







Somehow the sleeve-tops came out bigger than the sleeve-holes on the body, but I managed to seam them into puffed sleeves, and I really like the look.

And... more on my blog... http://castonacupcake.blogspot.com/

[quiquesmom]

I love your minimalist cardigan.  The color looks great on you.  I was knitting it in Rowan Denim and I sort of lost interest.  I think I need to start knitting it again because yours looks great.

[hyerac]

Very nice!  I think the puff-sleeves look good too!

[bruisinraincloud]

wow, I think your personal touch made it look even better!

great job!

[vysews]

Looks great! Very resourceful of you on the sleeves

[green r my tear$]

really cute, n time for the winter weather*

[Dinosaurus Meg]

Um, I guess all I can say is marvelous.

[NerdyBabe]

It looks great! I've been meaning to make this, but haven't found the time. Although, seeing the cardigan on a real person (not a model in a professional magazine shoot that is) has inspired to make time to knit this up.

[mozilla]

Congratulations!! That is one lovely sweater 

[castonacupcake]

Thanks everyone!  It's great to be able to share projects like this!

[Bourgeois]

I'm making this too!  I'm using Debbie Bliss Cashmerino.  I'm on my last sleeve and cannot wait to finish it. 

If it makes you feel better,  its taking me even longer because I get bored and want to knit something else (i've made probably 6+ hats and whatnot in between  )

Yours looks great!  I only hope mine looks that nicely put together.  Any tips when constructing it?

[tribaltaisan]

I'm about to finish this sweater too and I just hope that mine looks as good as yours does.  Its so pretty and I love the colour that you chose.

[castonacupcake]

I had no experience seaming, so I used some hints in the back of the Interweave magazine.  I used a backstitch for most of the seams, since the moss stitch makes a pretty thick fabric.  I had a difficult time wrestling the sleeves into the armholes... and thus, the resulting poufs.

[yellowsky]

ahh

ive been working on mine for about that long too! however work has been halted as i have started holiday knitting...but your finished project has re-inspired me. it really is such a beautiful pattern.

[WIPs]

That looks really nice! I like it!

[keylimegrl]

I have the pattern and you just gave me the inspiration to get going on it (post christmas/hannukah knitting of course)

[formedinatube]

Wow!  Impressive.

[woodenshoe]

I love this cardigan! Do you have a pattern for it?? I'd love to be able to make one for myself some day!

[Zia]

That's really nice!

[castonacupcake]

I love this cardigan! Do you have a pattern for it?? I'd love to be able to make one for myself some day!

It's from the Fall 07 Interweave magazine... I'm not sure where to get backorders, but  you can probably check their website.

[irishelf]

The cardigan looks great!

I'm in my first semester of law school too, so I totally understand how that eats into knitting time.  But the semester is almost over so then we'll have a whole wonderful month to knit and not think about law Good luck with exams!