LJ, to knitting
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I did the thing that strikes fear in the heart of Knitters the world over. ;)

I cut the sweater into a cardigan.

First I needle felted the cut line, then snip snip!

Next step is to pick up stitches for the button bands.



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A close up of the needle felted edge after cutting.
Multi color stranded colorwork sweater laying on a table after the steek line is cut open, creating the cardigan

LJ,
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@knitting and it is all finished! The button bands were a lot easier to pick up and knit than I had thought.

And in the melding of my hobbies - the buttons are ones I made from stoneware.

abetterjulie,
@abetterjulie@wandering.shop avatar

@LJ @knitting very cool

LJ, to knitting
@LJ@zirk.us avatar

I did it! Successfully steeked a sweater! (With some help from a friend who is an experienced knitter)

Now for the finishing work to get the zipper attached!
@knitting

LJ,
@LJ@zirk.us avatar

@knitting and it's done! I hand sewed my first zipper ever! The inside stitches aren't pretty, but that's okay!

eyrea,
@eyrea@mstdn.ca avatar

@LJ @knitting It looks fabulous! I'm extra impressed by the zipper (something I've not tried yet)

LJ, to knitting
@LJ@zirk.us avatar

My knitting needles got lonely, so I looked through my wool stash, searched on ravelry, and found a pattern that let me use up a bunch of lettlopi yarn left over from making 2 other sweaters.

I wouldn't have deliberately chosen these colors, but I think they work together.

Sleeve in progress.



@knitting

LJ,
@LJ@zirk.us avatar

@knitting in case anyone is interested, here's the link to the pattern (free) on Ravelry. https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/maja---cardigan

However, the instructions on doing increases within the pattern for the sleeves didn't make sense and I found a blog list on how to manage the sleeves here: https://icelandicknitter.com/maja-cardigan-the-full-story-and-the-sleeves-charts/

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