Sunday 3 November 2013

Knitted Miette Cardigan: DONE!

After a month only, I finished my Miette Cardigan (in progress here)!


It is all blocked and buttons are sewn on, puh. I am so happy with how it turned out! It still has a few mistakes, but I don't care. I am so proud that I knitted something wearable :)


I wanted to use brown buttons, because they are neutral. But when I went to my local wool retailer, I saw these blue flowers and I just couldn't resist. Also, I made several blue garments during the last two month, so plenty of opportunities to wear the cardigan.


The sleeves are a little bit tighter and shorter than I would have liked. But hopefully they will stretch a bit width-wise. As for the length, I was knitting the sleeves in a crowded airplane and couldn't try them one. They looked long enough to me, so I started the lace pattern.
Lace detail.
I was really worried about the blocking and how I would pull the cardigan in shape. But there was no reason to! I just washed it in the washing machine (I have a wool program) and then put the cardigan on top of an old bathmat that had rubber at the bottom and fabric at the top. I then pinned the cardigan to the bathmat according to my measurements and waited for 2 days for it to dry. I wanted to show you pictures before and after blocking, but I was so excited, that I forgot to take them before. But believe, it is really worth to block your knitted make!

Fits like a glove!

How about you? Have you made any progress with your knitted makes or finished it even? I would love to hear about it :)

Flower buttons! It took me an hour to sew them on.

Next, YES there is already a next, I will knit the owl sweater by Kate Davies. The sweater has owls at the yoke and they look like the ones from my mittens. So, hopefully, that sweater will be an easy knit. I have already chosen the wool: Cascade yarns Eco+ in Merlot. I was having loads of fun winding the wool into balls. I thought it might be difficult, but no, really easy. Happy knitting!

Wool for my next project!

18 comments:

  1. That looks great Ela! I'm only up to row 50! Did you follow the pattern exactly including the busy darts or did you move them to the sides like Gail? I'm going to move them but I'm having a job getting my head round it!! Anyway, really glad you finished, it looks brilliant!

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    1. Thanks Sabs! You are halfway through with the body - keep going! Yes, you are right, I moved the darts to the side with the help of Gails tutorial. Just ignore the pattern instructions for the darts and follow Gails advise. You know where the side seams are because of your markers. I hope you can figure out what she means. It is really easy when you understand what happens - it took me a while as well. Sorry, that I can't really explain it.

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  2. Your cardigan looks fantastic! And I love those buttons. At the minute I am half way through a second sock. They aren't my favourites already because I don't like the colours in the yarn. But I've only myself to blame, as I bought it!

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    1. Thank you! What a shame about your socks. But I know what you mean, sometimes you see lovely fabric or yarn in the shop and when you have carried it home, you are actually not sure about it any more. I hope you will finish your sock soon, so that you can start with a more pleasurable project!

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  3. Gorgeous, Daniela! You really did an excellent job! I'm so glad the knit-along was helpful for you!

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    1. Thank you! And I am so glad, that you took the time to post such a great tutorial! I keep coming back to it for my owl sweater.

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  4. This is so pretty! You inspire me to get back to knitting my Miette!

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    1. Thanks. I am glad I am motivating you to finish your Miette! It will be so worth it :)

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  5. It looks amazing! Great job!!!

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    1. Thank you! And I started it only because of you :) Thanks for getting me into knitting!

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  6. Well done! It looks great, not too small at all :-) Mine is finally finished as well, and very cosy. Today is its first outing...

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    1. Thank you! I hope you enjoyed your first outing, mine was yesterday as well :)

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  7. Hello! I've just found and started following your blog. Your cardigan looks great - this pattern has been on my to-make list for a while now so hopefully I'll get round to knitting it soon. I love the buttons too - I think they're the same ones that I used on a dress I made recently (http://nightingaleanddolittle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/deer-doe-sureau-dress.html)!

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    1. Thanks for having a look on my blog :) I really hope you will find time soon to knit this pattern. It is really fast and so enjoyable! Now, I have to check your blog out, to see for which garment you used the buttons...

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  8. This looks great Ela! I absolutely love it :) those buttons are so cute. I love your reasoning for the sleeves being too short! You are really inspiring me to get on with my knitting!

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  9. Thank you! Yep, I would say my reasoning is very reasonable :) I will make another Miette at some point and then it will have long sleeves!

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  10. Oh beautiful! I found this pattern today on another blog and ordered circular needles! Hope mine turns out as well as yours has.

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    1. I am sure yours will be as lovely! It is really an easy pattern and you will have loads of fun knitting :)

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