This is the Hackney cardigan by ‘We are knitters’. The color is sprinkle fantasy. It is knitted in “The meriwool” which is a thin 100% merino wool 1-ply yarn. I picked this kit because it is in the easy category. It took me about 20 hours of knitting time, including an hour and a half of sewing the pieces together. A lot faster than last time.
This kit includes 7 balls of The meriwool for size X large, a set of 5 mm knitting needles in wood, which I do not already have, a label that you can sew on the finished product (which said knitted by myself), and a couple sewing needles.
Cost breakdown: 7 skeins of yarn $189, the kit was $167 with the needles, $155 without the needles. So the pattern ended up costing nothing, and is cheaper to buy just the kit. Note: sprinkle yarns cost more.
I still could not get the tension right, so with a size x large, the garment turned out quite a bit smaller than the tension in the pattern, but just right for me. I am a size 8 US. It also only took 6 skeins to make, so I have one whole skein left.
The yarn is very soft, and I cannot help but bury my face in it quite a bit while I knit. I definitely will knit this again, but probably will knit a bit and go to another project, because my hand was so tired when I finish at the end. I have yarn in grey and salmon. Stay tuned.
Update: December 1, 2018 - here is one in salmon
Update: June 30, 2019 - here is one in seaside.
Hi! Would it be possible to get the #of cast on stitches and any needed increases from you for the XL size for the cardigan? :)
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