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Off The Needles!

21 May 2013 /

What an exciting yarny week! I finished my Shalom Cardigan. I love love LOVE it! It fits beautifully – the first cardi I have knitted for myself that fits so well – it was a dream to knit up. 

It came together so quickly and I loved the Drops yarn I used. It is so soft and warm – far to warm for these early summer days but will be perfect for those cool Autumn days to come.

These pictures are taken pre-blocking, and it doesn’t look bad. I am looking forward to seeing it blocked :o)

Please do excuse all the headless pictures – but this was a make-up free day so I prefer to be headless LOL

The buttons – I just love the buttons! They make me happy :o)

I love how this cardi is all knitted as one piece. No seems, so sewing together, just pure knitting! 

I have enjoyed knitting this cardi so much and it fits so well that I plan on casting on another one later on this week, this time the colour is ‘Heather’. A deep rich purple. You can see it here. This time I think I will add one more buttonhole and an extra button :o)

Reading…

I am still busy with my Agatha Raisin mystery. For some reason I am not enjoying it as much as I have some of the others. Agatha Raisin seems particularly needy in this book and I find it quite irritating. I keep wishing that she would pull herself together! 

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31 Comments

  • Lisa

    21 May 2013 at 4:36 pm

    Oh, Shirley Ann…the cardigan is just lovely! You did a wonderful job. 🙂
    Hope you're having a blessed week, my friend. 🙂

  • Amanda

    22 May 2013 at 2:54 am

    Love it love it love it! My first ever knitting project was very similar to this. It was worked top down on circular needles, no seams, but it was "shrug" length. My mother in law took me to the knitting shop where I picked out a pattern, beautiful CASHMERE yarn, and bamboo needles. She paid for it all as a gift to me and I knitted it up in a fury! The only trouble was… it was about big enough to fit a nine year old… certainly not ME! Your post has inspired me to give it another go! I'll use this pattern and hope it comes out wearable! (If it weren't for the fact that it was mu first ever knitting project, I would have yanked it al out so as not to have wasted the $19/ball yarn!) Thanks for sharing!

    • Shirley-Ann

      22 May 2013 at 4:10 pm

      Amanda I am so pleased that you are inspired to pick up your needles again. I highly recommend knitting the gauge swatch first! Something I normally never do but will certainly do from now on! :o)

    • Shirley-Ann

      22 May 2013 at 4:12 pm

      Thank you Emma – after browsing through lots of Shalom's on Ravelry I decided that 3 buttons it would have to be. I think that 1 button would have driven me mad and cause my chest to get cold in the cool English weather LOL.

  • momto5

    22 May 2013 at 2:21 pm

    ok your sweater looks wonderful. and can i say i love the music on your blog. 🙂

  • willfulmina

    22 May 2013 at 3:41 pm

    Oh, this music takes me back to something from my childhood…Peter Rabbit maybe?

  • elizabeth

    22 May 2013 at 5:45 pm

    How lovely! can't wait to see how the next one turns out! Love the three buttons! Will be neat to see how it is with 4…

  • Andee

    23 May 2013 at 12:18 am

    Your cardigan is beautiful! I can see why you'd want to get another one on your needles right away.

  • Sarah

    23 May 2013 at 12:22 am

    Oh that is beautiful! I was just considering adding this project to my queue for this year and you have me sold! It's lovely!

  • Cath

    23 May 2013 at 4:27 am

    Oh Shirley, that is so pretty. It's been a while since I visited your blog, and have just spent the past hour catching up with your delightful posts. xx

  • jan

    23 May 2013 at 2:02 pm

    Gorgeous – you finished that really quick – is it an easy pattern or are you a very quick knitter?

  • Loving Learning

    24 May 2013 at 4:44 pm

    Just lovely Shirls! Where can I get the pattern? Would love to try one, all I seem to churn out are scarves and mittens!

  • Unknown

    25 May 2013 at 6:37 pm

    Your shalom cardigan is beautiful. I immediately recognized the music from Peter Rabbit; it's my daughter's favorite DVD.