I would have liked to make it from the original yarn, Brooklyn Tweed ‘Loft’, but the only shop in our country stocking that had run out of my colour choices A, B and C. I chose Lamana ‘Como Tweed’ instead. The yarns are similar, but not the same. They are both fingering weights, both tweedy, and both knit up to the same gauge. But Loft is more rustic and has (imho) more interesting colours, while Como Tweed is airier and softer.
So, why did this cardi become a UFO? I’m not entirely sure.
It was almost finished, but very soon after I’d started the front border, the frog chorus started to chant ‘Rip-it, Rip-it’.
O wat is je willapa mooi geworden!
Dank je! Ik heb het vest aan terwijl ik dit typ, en het draagt erg fijn.
Yea! I am cheering you on! And great advice—giving yourself a day off to restore and recover is a healthy thing to do. Also good knitting tips for Willapa.
Thank you! You’re my favourite cheer leader – I can see you shaking those pom-poms 🙂
Thank you for this post! I found you on Ravelry and really appreciate your thoughts on the Willapa cardigan. Your placement of the pockets look much nicer than the designer’s! Great work, and thanks again for sharing your experience.
It’s lovely to hear that my notes help. I take it that you are making Willapa, too? If so, happy knitting!
I’m an advanced beginning knitter, so notes like this are so helpful. You didn’t say anything about curling/rolling edges. So apparently that wouldn’t be a problem. I think I’ll give it a go. Thank you.
No, because of all the garter stitch along the edges curling/rolling is no problem. It isn’t a difficult pattern to knit, it’s just a lot of stitches. I hope you’ll enjoy knitting and wearing it as much as I did. I’m wearing mine a lot (at least during the cooler times of the year).