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Wrap Cardigan, Part 5 - let’s hear it for the sleeves

Well, you can’t say I haven’t been keeping you in suspense!  It’s been a month since the last post on the wrap cardigan:  and against all expectations, I’ve made a fair amount of progress.
We have sleeves!  (They actually go down to about 3/4 length so far, but none of the pictures that showed the full sleeves were [...]

Wrap Cardigan, Part 4 - in which we fix some things

Warning!  Parts of this post are verrrrrry graphic and may be disturbing!
Where we left off:  I had knitted the back to the underarms, the fronts to the underarms, joined ‘em up, and worked my way down to the waistline.  And I was rejoicing over the fit of the armholes.
OK, now for the bad news:  I failed [...]

Wrap Cardigan, Part 3 - let’s get this party started

Well, an update on the stupid wrap cardigan is loooong overdue.
Last post, it was late at night and I had just used the wrong size needles to restart the upper back.  Remember?  I sure do.
I had re-swatched on a size 4 needle to try to get a bit firmer fabric, because after steaming, the size-6-needle-fabric relaxed and [...]

Wrap Cardigan, Part 2 - whoops, I did it again

I really shouldn’t be allowed to knit late at night.
When I left off last time, I was trying to convince myself that I didn’t have to start the wrap cardigan over, that the upper back was not too wide.  OK, OK, I knew deep down that it was, but I didn’t want to hear it.
So, this [...]

Wrap Cardigan, Part 1 - design, yarn, gauge, math

OK, I’m probably crazy to do this again after the last one, but here goes with another series of Playing Lessons.
This time, though, I’ll be designing the thing myself, so any issues will be mine and mine alone.  (However, this is not guaranteed to cut down on the drama factor.  More than likely, the opposite.)
The original [...]