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I'm going to try this out for some old projects, and see how well it contains and satisfies my desire to think and about and thus improve my craft.
Of course, I should start at the beginning and go on until I come to the end, but there's a lot of stuff stored up, so I'm not going to do that. I'm starting with the last big project I finished, a modified version of Ruth Sorensen's Autumn Cardigan.
The finished sweater (on me, which doesn't do the shaping any justice at all, since the recipient has a good 5" on me in height, and a very different body shape too):
Project: The very fancy autumn cardigan
Inspiration/Source: Ruth Sorensen’s Autumn Cardigan
Fun techniques: Fair isle, steeks, double-sided stitch pick-ups, i-cord, double knitting, twisted stitch in two colors.
Garment idea: This is meant to look a pair of sweaters—an orange-red under-sweater with twisted stitch panels with a fair isle jacket in reversed colors on top.
Notes on making: I liked the basic idea of the autumn cardigan a lot. I especially liked the long two-color ribbing that becomes waist-shaping, and the button band hiding out behind the i-cord border. When I started making this, I intentionally make it narrower than intended, but kept the back and front the same (after all, most women do better if the front is a bit bigger than the back of the sweater). I worried that I might be too far off—that is, the back would end up too narrow, pulling at the shoulders in the back.
