Harvard Square Cardigan
March 11th, 2007 | View Comments
Pattern: Harvard Square Cardigan, from Knitting for Baby, 9-month size
Yarn: MC—Baby Pure DK (#502), CC1—Sirdar Snuggly DK (#0377), CC2—Plymouth Dreambaby DK (#201), 1 skein each
Needles: Addi Turbos, US 6 (4mm)
Aww, another itty bitty sweater! Baby sweaters are so quick, yet so gratifying.
This project represents a few firsts for me
- first time doing a lot of itty bitty stripes, and
- first time doing a button band and buttons.
The stripes are skinny enough that I just carried the colors up the sides, rather than cutting and having to weave in eleventy billion ends.
The buttons are knit on like beads, and then reinforced with thread.
I also made a few modifications to the pattern. First, the pattern calls for rolled edges on the bottom and the sleeves. I opted for regular ol’ garter stitch to match the neck edging and button band.
Second, the pattern calls for five colors; I pared that down to three to accommodate the yarn I already had. I do love the five-color version in the book, though; maybe I will knit one of those eventually.
I didn’t make a straight color substitution to reduce the number of colors; I fiddled a bit with the stripe sequence to account for how much of each color I had, and to get a pleasing pattern. The stripe sequence I wound up using is this:
Rows 1 and 2: Knit in CC1
Rows 3 and 4: Knit in MC
Rows 5 and 6: Knit in CC2
Rows 7 and 8: Knit in MC
Rows 9 and 10: Knit in CC1
Row 11: Knit in MC
Rows 12-16: Work in seed stitch in MC
Rows 17 and 18: Knit in CC1
Rows 19 and 20: Knit in MC
Rows 21 and 22: Knit in CC2
Row 23: Knit in MC
Rows 24-28: Work in seed stitch in MC
Rows 29-30: Knit in CC2
Rows 31-32: Knit in MC
Here’s a closeup of the stripe sequence:
Recipient: TBD. There’s a wave of babies around here! Which is totally awesome for me, because I have no babies of my own to knit for.
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CogKnition posted this on March 11th, 2007 @ 10:49am in Baby Items, Finished Objects, Sweaters | Permalink to "Harvard Square Cardigan"
cogknition
The sweater turned out so beautiful. I love the colours.
I really dig the idea of buttons knit on like beads. I’m currently in button-band hell (sort of — I’ve banished that project for a bit) for the first time and would love to use this technique. Thank you!