Here is another project that's languished on my to do list for years too long. I like Misusu patterns a lot and when this came out I noticed it pretty quickly. I've wanted to do a cardigan from some sweatshirting and it seemed like a lot of things I like - some crafty colourblocking, big pockets.
I knew I had some scraps of beautiful knits to make it out of so I had also long planned it to be scrappy. My scrap pile is too big and that was one big pressure to get this done. I'm at the point where my scraps don't fit in their allocated bins so I'm putting more effort into the scrappy projects. But by the time I was making it...I was pretty bored with the idea of this cardigan. I realised quickly that the scrappy look I was envisioning just looks silly and unsophisticated to me.
I had some confusion with the start because the piece I did in animal print is directional and it was hard to find and match the notches correctly. Once I did this everything else was obvious. It's quick to put together and I didn't have any other issues with the instructions.
This was straightfoward to sew together. I made size BB and I think the fit is as expected. The cool feature of the collar bands crossing over at the back neck actually really annoys me, it creates a spot that can kind of flip over when you're putting it on. Once I realised all this I limited myself to a single button to make it wearable and have passed it on to a friend. Can't win them all!
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