Yay! I am so pleased to be able to share photos of the finished cardigan I’d been knitting for our grand daughter, aka Toddler Viking. Pattern is Sirdar 1219 and I chose to knit sleeves & lower body in a fun variagated yarn, but a plain yellow for the bodice part.
Pattern called for a Sirdar Bamboo DK, I substituted for a Gründl acrylic/polyamide mix, also DK weight.
In all, cardigan, in size 2-3 years, required approx 120g of the variagated and 30g of the plain yellow.
Once I overcame my fears of having to follow a stitch pattern, for the bodice part, I really enjoyed knitting this project.
I was less at ease with the picking up of stitches (evenly) for the neckband and two front bands . . . and had a slight ooops with spacing my button holes . . . but all in all, I am rather proud of how it turned out. So pleased with the progress I’ve made in following a knitting pattern, in fact, that I’m all set to cast on and start a new project! Stay tuned!
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That’s lovely Claire and perfect colours for Easter too 🐥🐣
Toddler Viking can be an Easter chick ^^
thanks Lynn, and yes, Easter is just around the corner and cardie colours are rather “daffodils, & easter chicks” ^^ I’m just glad it arrived safely and Viking parents like it.
Very pretty and beautifully knitted as usual.
thanks – it was all relatively plain sailing ^^
That is very pretty and if you had trouble with picking up the stitches it doesn’t show. Lucky granddaughter to have you making her things!
thank you !! neckband was easier to pick up than frontbands, I found;
What a beautiful gift and heirloom for your granddaughter! The colors are so bright and happy:). Your knitting skills are amazing. ❤️❤️
heirloom, I doubt very much lol. It’ll be worn, washed, grown out of, and probably passed on to the charity shop
Lol! I highly doubt it, but if so, I hope I shop at that shop. I would grab it right up:)❤️
well I wouldn’t put it past Young people today. Houses are smaller, they’ve got less storage space . . . it’s a consumer society. I don’t really care ^^ I had fun knitting it, and Toddler Viking will wear it while it fits.
She will be as pretty as a picture! Love variagated yarn. How does the snuggly bamboo feel to knit with, not tried it myself.
I didn’t use the specific Sirdar snuggly bamboo ^^ I used an acrylic/polyamide mix, by Gründl.
The sweater turned out so lovely. Your yarn choices were perfect and I love that you did the bodice in the pale yellow. Such a sweet gift, a wonderful grandma and lucky family to have you 🙂
aw thanks Sharon ^^
This is so sweet! It turned out just great, hope you have a picture to enjoy soon!
yes I hope parents send a photo !
Claire, your sweater is absolutely beautiful!!
thanks Kathy – not a terribly complicated pattern, just enough to push me slightly out of my comfort zone.
I’d like to have one for my reborn dolls 🙂 Very cute!
Are you saying the pattern in the sleeves was created by the variegation in the yarn alone? Wow! I just love this little sweater. 😀
yup sleeves are just knit in plain old stocking stitch, and it’s the yarn that changes colour and makes pattern ^^
It turned out very nicely Lynn! And if you hadn’t said anything abut the button holes I’d never have figured out that anything was off.
This is beautiful! Your grand daughter is so lucky to have this piece as an heirloom. I love having sentimental pieces that become a part of a family’s history and can be passed down with a beautiful story.