Porcini Cardigan

 

I finished this sweater last week and once I was finished blocking the sweater, it took forever to dry. Well, it felt like forever. Boy, did I eke out the yarn usage of this project. I only had five skeins of the main color which was wool bought by my husband when he was in Italy in 2018 (??). Why I thought five skeins would be enough yarn for a sweater is a big mystery because he called me from Italy while in a yarn store to make sure I had enough. I blame it on me!

I used a skein of knitpicks palette to stripe in at the body of the sweater and for extra measure I used another 'mystery yarn' that is nearly an exact match to the main color. I have about 100 yards left over of the main color (phew!).

Now all I need is some cold weather because this is a WARM sweater.

What are you working on this week?


Comments

  1. BonnySeptember 27, 2023 at 7:56 AM

    It is just lovely and you did a wonderful job stretching out your Italian yarn! Too bad going back to Italy was not an option. :-)

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  2. VeraSeptember 27, 2023 at 8:05 AM

    What a lovely finish. And so creative to add some stripes to make the main color last! Well done. It looks great on you and it will feel wonderful in just a few months.

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  3. JuliannSeptember 27, 2023 at 9:29 AM

    The sweater is wonderful! It looks planned so well done. I am knitting sleeves on two sweaters and can’t wait to move on to something more interesting

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  4. Deb J. in UtahSeptember 27, 2023 at 6:40 PM

    Hi Karen. I love your new sweater. It looks great on you!

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  5. JaneSeptember 27, 2023 at 8:11 PM

    Congratulations on a very pretty sweater. You did a great job of getting a sweater out of some special Italian yarn.

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  6. AsKatKnitsSeptember 28, 2023 at 8:07 AM

    Gorgeous, Karen! Well done on yarn mileage as well!

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  7. MarthaSeptember 28, 2023 at 10:51 AM

    Nice to see YOU in your newly done sweater. It looks great!

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  8. MarySeptember 28, 2023 at 6:24 PM

    it turned out beautifully! and it's a very cool knitting story how you made it all work out :-)

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  9. JoséSeptember 29, 2023 at 5:01 AM

    A very elegant solution to yarn shortage. It looks lovely !

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