As you may have guessed I am not a knitter of long term projects. I like to finish up and move on! Relatively small projects and/or medium sized ones with small bites to finish are my favs. So how did I end up knitting myself a sweater? A sweater! I am not a small person so a sweater for me is a major undertaking. But here I am–doing it!
And “it” is Berroco’s Bancroft sweater–
I just fell in love with it. Of course, that didn’t mean I wouldn’t change a few things. I changed the yarn to Berroco’s Maya, a luscious cotton and alpaca chainette, in a very similar green. Love it. Someday we will have to talk about the “knit it in the same color as the pattern/sample” syndrome. Remind me.
I have finished the back–made it two inches longer and then brought the neck in. I have relatively narrow shoulders so the neck as written would have been a leetle Flashdance.
Not quite the look I am going for. And now I can’t get the music out of my head. Ear worm!
But wait, there’s more. I like the shirt tail dip in the back so I am reproducing that for the fronts and, yes, I am making it into a cardigan. Because this is not a complex pattern and the shaping is minimal the changes have not been challenging. Really, I promise, you could do it too.
I think I will love it and wear it and be so surprised that I knit a sweater for myself. But first…I have to finish it. Wish me luck!
You’re back! Somehow you neglected to tell me this. The dye workshop was fun ad maybe you can post mine attempts- they came out very differently.
I am wishing you luck. I’d love to have some hand-knit sweaters myself. But, like you, for me it would be a major project. I’m working on hats at the moment.
I have wanted to make this into a cardigan too, since I first saw the pattern. Started the back yesterday but have to start again…came out way too wide, even using size 6 needles and 2nd smallest size! Guess I’ll go down to size 5 needles and XS today; I must be a very loose knitter! Using Floret, which I don’t really like–too much acrylic and loosely spun. Please keep us updated on the progress of your cardigan.