Some New Knits

 These are my two recently finished knits.

This is not totally my work. I was gifted this from a friend. The yarn is hand spun and dyed by her. I have extensively reworked the garment. The original version had a large collar, sleeves that were approximately fifteen centimetres longer and much wider and the body length twenty five centimetres longer. The first step was to unpick the centre front bands, then remove the collar and reduce the length. My next step was to reknit the neckline and increase the depth using German short rows. Once these alterations were completed I reknit the centre front bands and hem edge. The sleeves were unpicked back to the elbow and then reknit to a shorter length and a more tapered silhouette. I then had a hunt in my button stash and luckily found enough of the same button to use.

This cardigan is another stash buster. I had two or three skeins of each colour and not enough of any of them for a garment. A striped garment was the obvious solution. The cardigan pattern is the Jane cardigan from jessicamknits with stripes knitted into the pattern. The yarn is the rustic Dk (alpaca, silk, linen) from the Camels Yarn.