Hey
everyone!
It’s about
time for one of the finished items announced in my previous post. Within a few
days I stumbled over this pattern here and here and really liked the different
versions of the Julia Cardigan by Mouse House Creations. A few mouse clicks
later I owned the pattern myself and went to work with no idea what fabric to
use and since I was already on stashbusting-mode it took some time to find the
right fabric piece.
This double
knit of a different kind won.
I bought this in April on the biannual fabric
market in my town with no specific project in mind making it my first creation for
the #summerstashbust14. It wasn’t exactly on the cheap side so I got only one
meter for a short-sleeved top or a knee-length skirt. The instructions for the
Julia cardigan call for a lot yardage (does one say that even when thinking in
meters?) even for the cap sleeved version, but I squeezed my version in size
M out of 1 m and a remnant for the ‘lining’ of the collar. Let me show you my lay-out.
For reference
the cutting ruler at the bottom is 60 cm long. On a wider fabric like mine (about 1,5 m) there
is enough space for the bigger sizes as well. For the long-sleeved option I
think twice the length of the collar piece of a 1,5 m wide fabric should be
enough. I will keep you up-dated when I attempt this for winter in a bigger
size, but we will come to this point. And for the observant readers I used the hemband for the long
sleeves in this picture, but there is plenty of room for the right ones as
well.
To make the
doubled collar, no way I was hemming this crazy fabric with a rolled or fold-over
hem, I searched my stash for a fitting jersey and luckily found a gray one
resembling the inner layer, evidence here:
Honestly, I
can’t imagine at all to ever not make the doubled collar version. This makes it
such a quick make. And I really like how it turned out:
But I am
not so happy about the fit. In my humble opinion this pattern runs on the very
small side. I cut a size M based on my measurements and it is quite tight across
the back.
But, to not
only blame the pattern, I didn’t check the measurements of the pattern before
cutting. I guess I have been too lucky in the past – lesson learned. Later, I
laid the back piece of this cardigan on top of the Renfrew back piece, what can
I say, it could have been so easy. Beginner’s mistake! What was your last, tell
me?
Considering
that this is supposed to be at least a second layer I will go up one or maybe
even two sizes for the next ones. And I will keep the armholes under close
inspection. I lowered mine about 2 cm this time and they are still a bit tight.
And I read on different blogs that the long sleeves a pretty wide at the
bottom, so I will hopefully keep that in mind as well.
But it’s
still wearable after all, and I like how the front drapes like the lapel of a
blazer-ish top.
Thanks for stopping by,
Kat