Cozy up and knit with the chairman of the Tortured Poets Department. This cardigan is a labor of love and I wanted to share my charts and notes with you! This blog post covers all of the instructions for this cardigan including my charts - it is not graded to any other size. You can get this pattern in a PDF for free on Ravelry if you prefer . Size: This sweater is 44” in body circumference. For me it fits with 6” of ease on a 38” bust. Yarn: Worsted weight - Knitting For Olive Heavy Merino in Pearl Grey - 12 balls for my size. Needles: US #7 needles (4.5mm) for the body and sleeves. US #5 needles (3.75mm) for the ribbing on the sleeves and neckline. Gauge: Average cable gauge 22 sts = 4 inches. In stockinette gauge is 18 sts = 4 inches. Row gauge is 24 sts = 4 inches. Notions: Three 1" buttons, three removable stitch markers (or more to separate cables), tapestry needle, scissors. Note on this cardigan: This cardigan is challenging - I high...
This post contains affiliate links at no extra cost to you. When I started the journey of making this blanket (and yes, as cheesy as it sounds it's been a JOURNEY) I dramatically underestimated the time and yarn it would take to finish. By more than half. Whoops! But if you're in the market for an easier than it looks crochet project, this is just about the warmest and coziest I can suggest. I decided I was going to make this blanket when we had a cold snap in October. We had really just moved in, and it hadn't been cold enough yet to turn the heat on. Which would have been wise to do before we bought the house because it didn't work. And it was suddenly 30-ish degrees outside and our summer bodies couldn't handle the house being around 66 inside (which is, incidentally, what we keep the heat at now). We had our bed loaded up with every blanket we had and we were still cold at night so I made it my winter project to make the warmest blanket possible. A...