A Cardigan For Me

 

 I bought some yarn last week to knit myself a cardigan. The yarn is called Classic Wool, though it's 20% wool and 80% acrylic, which seems a bit of a cheek to me. But I've used it before and know it's a nice yarn to work with and wear. 

I bought the yarn without a specific pattern in mind. I had a look at some of my knitting books and did several swatches for patterns in The Country Diary Book of Knitting, by Annette Mitchell, but none of them made gauge. So I had a look at the patterns I'd saved on Pinterest and eventually settled on a Drops Design pattern, Early May. 

The body of the cardigan is plain stocking stitch while the sleeves are lacy. The chart for the lace baffled me a bit; what does 'knit 4 stitches twisted together' mean? So I worked a sample last night and I think it means to knit 4 together through the back of the loops. That's what I'm going to do anyway. The garment is knitted all in one from the bottom up. I've got to the armholes, now have to knit the sleeves separately and then join all together for the yoke. So there won't be any sewing up to do.