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t’s September and I have that itch I get every year around this time. Fall is in the air and I have sweater fever!
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The first one I made is a gorgeous, classic, cropped cardigan called Miette which was designed by Andi Satterlund. Seriously, go on Ravelry and check out this woman’s designs… they are filled with vintage charm and elegance! This one was of course FREE, but I plan on purchasing more of her patterns simply because this one was so well written. Note: I will do my second Fall sweater in the next post.
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Seeing Andi’s shockingly beautiful RED miette, I knew mine had to be the same! I found a lightweight cotton at Michaels, which was amazing because most craft stores around here carry very little cotton based yarn selections! The yarn was Premier Yarns Cotton Fair (52% Cotton 48% Acrylic). This yarn actually was a little bit too fine for the pattern, a size 2 yarn but I couldn’t tell looking at it (as the yarn size was hidden on the inside of the ball band). But I adjusted for this by knitting a size larger than I normally would and it came out perfect!
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As I mentioned, the pattern was very easy to follow! I did encounter one major disaster on my first round making it… I had knit all the way to the bottom lace edging of the sweater and realized my lace wasn’t right! Word to the wise, no more than one glass of wine while knitting lace. I cried, then put my big girl pants back on and started over the next day. My second try went swimmingly, the only error I made was when joining for one of my sleeves. I must have twisted the stitches, so there is this small ridge on the sleeve but it’s not too noticeable when worn (other than by myself). It was too late to go back when I noticed it and I couldn’t handle having to frog the entire thing again. So please, be more careful than I! I was more aware on my second sleeve and did not make the same mistake.
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A lot of you have been commenting that you would like more video tutorials for the patterns I have worked on! Please know that this is something I would really like to do, and I am working on getting a decent video camera to make that a reality. Until then, Gail Dokucu made some videos for a Miette KAL (knit along) which are extremely helpful! She only recorded for sleeves and button band, not the entire sweater… but it is still worth watching. I’ll post the first for the sleeves and button band tutorials, you can click through her videos to watch the others.
Give this amazing sweater a try, it’s perfect for this end of Summer/early Fall weather right now and it knits up rather quickly! Enjoy!