Finally had time to properly document this.

This was my entry to the 2011 Sydney Royal Easter Show. It didn’t win anything.

My husband had not been initially receptive to the idea of a cardigan, because they seemed either a) too daggy and “grandpa” or b) too hip and trendy. That’s when I started calling it the Hipster Cardy. I told him that as a bicycle-riding, bearded I.T. nerd from the Inner West it was his sacred destiny to wear an ironic grandpa cardigan. So I knitted it anyway, knowing he’d like it once he had it on. He’s worn it several times now. We’ve had some fun staging photos where I tell him to “Look supercilious! Like you think my favourite band is crap!” and stuff. “More condescending! Sneer at my carbon footprint!”

It’s actually a very nice cardy and he does sincerely like it. He’s worn it several times without prompting. I was worried about the ribbing along the buttons, because I had seen others that came out very wavy and ripply. The instructions say to cast off as loosely as possible, which seems INSANE. That would just make it more ripply! I did a sewn cast-off, and I’m mostly happy with it. He tends to only do up a couple buttons anyway, which means you can’t really tell.

The buttons are awesome. I got them at All Buttons Great and Small in Newtown and they’re vintage. The staff there were super awesome and helpful.

And as always, the Easter Show judges can suck it. :)