My irritation over the fact that I can’t find a cardigan that’s the way i want it: not too long, with too long sleeves and too wide shoulder, eventually led me to knit one myself. I’m not a very experienced knitter, but with the help from my neighbour Candacis, who constructs her own knitting patterns, I got a pattern that fits my body shape; with short rows shaping the bust. And puff sleeves to balance up the width of my hips. The red flowers I got the chart for in a knitting booklet from 1949.
I had planned to knit shoulder pads for it, but after knitting one and trying it on I decided that it looked better without.