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Jun 13 2022

handspun muted rainbow cardigan

Knitter wearing the muted rainbow cardigan in front of a canvas portraying NYC in black and white oils.
Project Info
  • Pattern — Seamless Top-Down Yoke Cardigan by Ann Budd
  • Project Type — other
  • Project started — October 2017 (spinning), November 2022 (knitting)
  • Project completed — June 2022 (spinning), January 2023 (knitting)
  • Worked with — 3.75mm needle
  • Yarn(s) — handspun, shetland. chain ply about 238.5m. Jamieson’s Shetland Spindrift in Color 102 Shaela.

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Project Log

  • 2022-06-07 T

    Finished chain plying this Shetland. It’s about 238.5m in length. I’m thinking cowl? I first started sampling this fiber back in October 2017!


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Gallery

muted autumn rainbow, plyed shown on bobbin
muted autumn rainbow skeined up and laying on green grass.
handwound ball of handspun, muted autumn rainbow
First attempt at knitting the handspun. A cowl.
Detail of muted rainbow handspun yoke in progress. The colors go from a dark red (nearly black) to deep merlot red, brown, blue, golds, more blues, and now to pink-purple and back to the merlot.
About 15cm of the knitted handspun yoke of sweater on needles laying on a wooden desk. The ball of handspun is next to the book, "The Knitter's Handy Book of Top-Down Sweaters" by Ann Budd. A skein of Jamieson's in Color 102 Shaela (a marled brown) is next to the handspun.
Muted rainbow handspun yoke, two rows past dividing for the sleeves. It is shown laid flat on a wooden table.
Muted rainbow handspun yoke. Shown modeled with 20cm of body knit. Model is wearing a blue T-shirt and is standing in front of bookshelves. The model is turned so the back is visible. The background is slightly blurred.
Muted rainbow handspun yoke. Shown modeled with 20cm of body knit. Model is wearing a blue T-shirt and is standing in front of bookshelves. The model is holding a ball of yarn and the knitting needles are visible. The background is slightly blurred.
muted rainbow sweater in progress modeled. Part of one sleeve and most of body complete.
various buttons in a rainbow of colors and sizes shown on cards and in small plastic bags and a clear glass jar strewn on a wooden desk. a ball band for jamieson's shetland spindrift is also visible.
Muted Rainbow handspun yoke cardigan with sleeves and neck band complete. Shown laid flat on a wool rug of green/white outline rectangle motifs and the knitter's black doc martens.
muted rainbow cardigan, unblocked. Fresh off the needles and still needing button band.
Knitter wearing the muted rainbow cardigan in front of a canvas portraying NYC in black and white oils.
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