I must have cast on this cardigan in April and completed it in August, which for me is pretty fast knitting for a garment. I've only recently taken a few photos of the finished item. This is the Stranger cardigan by michiyo and is published in Brooklyn Tweed Wool People Vol 4. The recommended yarn is worsted weight. I had in mind to use some of the Shetland yarn from our sheep which is DK weight, it's slightly lighter than the worsted. I test knitted a swatch using the recommended needle size 5mm which produced a more open texture but within gauge and acceptable.
I learnt a new technique while knitting this project, commonly known as a Three Needle Bind Off. This technique is used to join the two cable front panels at the centre back. It sounds complicated but in practice it's very straight forward.
The reason I chose this pattern was the cable detail
around the stole like collar along with the simple construction. The
cardigan is made up of five rectangular panels and is worked with no
shaping. However, I did adapt the pattern to add shaping to the sleeves
from the elbow to the cuff. Overall a very enjoyable project to knit.
