AKA: The Black Blob of DenialTM
AKA: NaKniSweMoDo #13
I think I jinxed this one by optimistically (arrogantly?) calling it “Lucky Thirteen”. But after much trauma with the sleeves, and knitting four of them, I finally finished and am very happy with the outcome. So I guess it ended up being lucky after all.
Pattern: Basic Black, by Glenna C.
Yarn: Garnstudio Drops Merino Extra Fine, black,
Needles: US 5 (3.75 mm) and US 4 (3.5 mm)
Size: 35″, but at a slightly larger gauge. Finished sweater measures 36″ at the bust.
Ravelry: Pattern page; Project page
Modifications:
- Knit the ribbing at the hem and cuffs on the same size needle – only used the smaller needle for the buttonbands.
- Recalculated the sleeves to adjust for my gauge, and also because I wanted slightly slimmer sleeves than as specified by the pattern.
- Also to adjust for my gauge difference, I did an extra set of decreases immediately above the ribbing.
This pattern really lives up to its name – it’s a perfect basic cardigan, and a well-written pattern to boot.
I can certainly see more of these in my future, in other colors.
Cabled Sheep lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, where she enjoys knitting, cooking, and munching veggies out of the garden. She never tires of Utah's glorious landscape.
Lucky thirteen! yay! It’s awesome! I love the way the sleeves are not to your wrist, and I love the neckline of it. ( sorry, too early and not enough coffee to form coherent sentence. ) It gets my grunt of approval! Awesome!
AND it looks great! Congrats for persevering.
Oh boy, that looks like the perfect combination of style and comfort. Good on you for sticking with it!
It really is a classic sweater and in black all the more classic. PLUS, it looks fabulous with anything!
Woo Hoo!
It looks wonderful on you. Call it a win!
That is really cute, Cheryl! I know it gave you trouble, but I think you’ll amortize the pain over many wearings!
So, you ended up with an LBC (little black cardi), good for you! I can see that baby being worth every moment of headache, you could wear it anywhere. Maybe that sweater will turn out to be lucky if you kept notes for those future versions in other colors.
Looks great. And you’ve figured out the sleeves numbers for me. Thanks!
Boy, I bet that’d look great on me.
Well done! You may have had to knit four sleeves, but the two you ended up with fit perfectly. That’s a very flattering v-neck; I’ll have to look up that pattern!
Gorgeous!
You totally whipped those sleeves into shape!
It came out great! After all that, it’s a good thing. You showed it who was boss.