Some yarns just need to wait till the right project comes
up. This yarn was supposed to become a cardigan for my daughter. Yet, it turned
out that the cardigan required much more yarn so I made it from a different yarn
and put the unfinished project away. I am so glad I did, because this yarn
worked remarkably well for this pattern.
The pattern is from the same old Phildar magazine that I
took to Florida with me and that turned out to be a treasure trove of unknown
and wonderful patterns. The structure of this sweater reminds me of body armor
and a corset at the same time. It is short, fitted, but not tight, with
wonderful, seemingly unstructured cables.
To me it looks edgy and modern. I
could instantly visualize my younger daughter wearing it with high-wasted jeans
that are so trendy now. Plus I got the exact gauge with this yarn so the rest
was a piece of cake. And I mean it. This pattern is extremely well written and easy
to follow. Thank you, Nadege, I wish I knew how to find you and your other
designs on the Internet.
The only two things that I changed were ribbing and
finishing. I used 1x1 ribs because, to me, they look less hand-made on a
finished garment. And I find making borders separately and grafting them to a
sweater tiresome so I just picked up stitches and knit the ribbing with smaller
needles.
I love everything about this sweater: fit, style,
versatility, construction. If my daughter doesn’t like it I will gladly wear it
myself. If she does, I’ll make another one.
It is better to use soft yarn with
good stitch definition for this pattern. I really liked working with Nashua
Handknits Shenandoah even though at first its color got me a little perplexed.
It is something in between bright orangey brown and blue-grey. That is why I
named this sweater Sunset in Florida. First, because “pull # 079-T12-173” is
non-descriptive. Second, because of its colors.
Finally, I find it really unfair that such wonderful
patterns got totally ignored and forgotten by knitting community because
Phildar did such a poor job at photographing and marketing them. They look like
nothing in the magazine, and there is only one picture of each, which doesn’t
help imagining their fit and structure. And I don’t think that the yarn choice
complements these garments either.
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