Lion-Cub Neck Cardigan
Finished
November 21, 2010
December 3, 2010

Lion-Cub Neck Cardigan

Project info
Lion Neck Cardigan by Wendy Bernard
Knitting
SweaterCardigan
Fionnuala
child's size 6
Needles & yarn
US 9 - 5.5 mm
Malabrigo Yarn Worsted
2 skeins = 420.0 yards (384.0 meters), 200 grams
Blue
Notes

This came out great! Looks so much better on her than it does on me (and I thought it looked ok on me).

Took less than two skeins!!

Mods (to make a child’s size 6 with a gauge of 4 st. to the inch):

  • cast on 10 at the back of the neck
  • increase every other row per pattern until there were 38 on each sleeve
  • picked up 2 from body for sleeves, 40 st per sleeve, decreased every 6 rows until 26 st left on each sleeve
  • knit 51 rows on sleeves, then started 2/1 rib (instead of 3/1) for 6 rows. BO after 6th row
  • Body: knit for 9” then 12 rows of 2/1 rib, then bound off
  • Ruffle: picked up 2 of 3 on sides and every stitch on back of neck per pattern, k one row, worked 1/1 rib for 3 rows (instead of 5) then increase row per pattern, worked 2/1 rib for 1 row (instead of 3) then increase row per pattern, worked 3/1 rib for 3 rows then bound off (this scaled down the ruffle)
viewed 182 times | helped 2 people
Finished
November 21, 2010
December 3, 2010
About this pattern
317 projects, in 276 queues
Buendia's overall rating
Buendia's clarity rating
Buendia's difficulty rating
About this yarn
by Malabrigo Yarn
Aran
100% Merino
210 yards / 100 grams

159721 projects

stashed 87964 times

Buendia's star rating
  • Project created: November 23, 2010
  • Finished: December 4, 2010
  • Updated: December 5, 2010
  • Progress updates: 2 updates