I changed my mind about doing the Noe Valley sweater for Katie. I think it will swallow her whole for several years before she actually fits it. So I decided to hold off on that pattern until she is in her teens and I actually know what size to make her with the yarn that the pattern calls for. I don't think that I could successfully adapt the pattern to fit her now.
I have looked the internet over for a nice cardigan instead. I found one that I really like and that looks easy enough without complicated stitch patterns. It is called Drift and Nora Gaughan designed it. Here is the link to the free pattern:
It's a lovely sweater. But I am just curious, it sounds like Katie is still a child and this is an adult pattern. Will it fit her and do you think it is a style a young girl would like?
I am making the small size because she is already a 10/12 even though she's only 8 years old. When she was 4, I made her a sweater to wear until she was 8 and she has outgrown it now. It was a cardigan too. I know this sweater will be big on her right now but she loves big sweaters. She loves wrapping herself in one and getting "snuggly" warm when it is chilly outside. She still tries to wear the original cardigan I made for her when she was 4. I have yet to find a cardigan for a child that I like and want to make. I haven't found any that really speak to me like this one does. My only issue is finding the Berroco Vintage yarn in dewberry or blush. I am looking for a sale and so far I have yet to find one. I need 6 hanks of either colorway to make this sweater, and it looks like I am going to be buying it somewhere. I have Vintage in my stash for a sweater for me, and I just caked a hank of it to see how the swatch looks when I am done. My colorway is a steely charcoal gray, which would not be a color for Katie. I plan to undo the swatch once I am done with it so that I will have enough yarn to complete the sweater I want to make for myself.
It's a lovely sweater. But I am just curious, it sounds like Katie is still a child and this is an adult pattern. Will it fit her and do you think it is a style a young girl would like?
I do think she will love it because none of her friends will have one like it. It is a timeless sweater and it will hopefully fit her for many years as she grows into it.
When you are casting on to do a swatch do you count the cast on row as the first right side row or is it the row that you do from the cast on that is row #1, and the right side. This pattern calls for the first row to be a right side row and I am confused about which side is which. I also want to know if I am trying to get gauge and it says to do a Stockinette and double moss stitch to get gauge does that mean that I do 2 swatches? The pattern also calls for a swatch to be done in the 2nd pattern stitch too, so does that mean 3 swatches? Your help is greatly appreciated!!
Always do swatches at least 6 in or 15 cms square. Then measure the number of stitches required to get a centre 4 in/ 10 cm square. I think it does mean you'll have to do 3. Cast on and cast off rows measure differently as do edge stitches in my experience.
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