It's Ready!
Posted on | March 28, 2006 | 44 Comments
Finally! My green mohair sweater is ready for action! And it has a new, more creative name! Ladies and Gentlemen, introducing the Grannie Smith Cardigan.
Grannie Smith Cardigan by Melissa Wehrle
Difficulty:
Advanced
Finished Measurements:
Chest: 32 [34, 36, 38, 40, 44, 48]“
Length: 19 [19, 19.5, 19.5, 20, 20.5, 21]“
Materials:
Rowan Kidsilk Haze [70% super kid mohair/30% silk; 229 yds/210, per 25g ball]; color: Jelly 597; 4 [4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6] balls
1 pair US size 4 (3.50mm) straight needles, or size needed to obtain gauge
1 pair US size 3 (3.25mm) straight needles
1 US size 3 (3.25mm) double-pointed needle
Waist yarn
Stitch holder
Five 5/8″ buttons
Gauge:
25 sts and 32 rows = 4″ (10cm) in lace diamond pattern stitch using larger needles
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March 29th, 2006 @ 7:37 am
It’s absolutely gorgeous — delicate, but not at all twee. I love the color combination of the yarn and the buttons.
March 29th, 2006 @ 7:39 am
It’s beautiful! And I love the picture too! It fills my soul with peace!
March 29th, 2006 @ 7:41 am
Wow. I love it! I shall be adding this to my knitting que, stat! :-)
March 29th, 2006 @ 8:02 am
Beautiful! I’ve never liked Kidsilk haze jelly but i have to admit it looks amazing used for this cardigan. Excuse my stupidity, but I can’t seem to find the Paypal link on your website; where is it? Must have pattern now!!! :)
March 29th, 2006 @ 8:14 am
I love this! It will go on my to do list once I get done with a couple of looming projects!
March 29th, 2006 @ 8:15 am
Wow Melissa, that is fabulous. I love the colors just as much as the pattern. And those buttons! So elegant and perfectly appropriate for tea time!
March 29th, 2006 @ 8:36 am
oh, it’s beautiful! the color, the stitch pattern, the buttons. simply lovely.
March 29th, 2006 @ 8:39 am
I love it! Your photoshoot is great, too. Definitely adding this to the queue!
March 29th, 2006 @ 9:37 am
Oooh! Melissa, that sweater is so beautiful. I’m swooning over it all over again. (The buttons are the perfect touch.) The photo looks fabulous, too – you look lovely.
March 29th, 2006 @ 9:53 am
I LOVE IT! I’ve been looking for a sweater pattern for KSH for awhile and this is IT!
March 29th, 2006 @ 10:11 am
Shayo,
The buy now button is in the right side bar, right under the small picture and “grannie smith cardigan” $5.00. Maybe it’s just not showing up in your browser? I can also email you the pattern manually if you go to paypal and transfer $5 to me at neoknits AT yahoo DOT com.
March 29th, 2006 @ 10:40 am
wow! gorgeous!!
March 29th, 2006 @ 10:53 am
How beautiful! Love the colors too.
March 29th, 2006 @ 11:46 am
It’s beautiful! And such a lovely photo of it too.
March 29th, 2006 @ 12:43 pm
oh geez… something else I have to knit!! Its beautiful, and what a perfect yarn to choose!
Loves it!
March 29th, 2006 @ 2:50 pm
I *love* it! I need to make that, I think. AND I have some KSH, too! :)
March 29th, 2006 @ 4:58 pm
gorgeous!!!
March 29th, 2006 @ 6:39 pm
GORGEOUS! and I love the pic. :)
March 29th, 2006 @ 8:55 pm
Yay! How do you do it? Another successful project, with a pattern to boot! I haven’t knit with KidSilk Haze yet. How does it feel to wear? Itchy at all? So pretty. Love the color you chose, too. :)
March 30th, 2006 @ 5:52 am
Granny Smith is the *perfect* name for the lovely cardigan. Great work, M. I love it all!!
March 30th, 2006 @ 9:12 am
I love this sweater~it’s soooo beautiful. I’ll be adding it to my to do list soon. Also, thanks so much for the kind comment you left at my blog. I appreciate it.
March 30th, 2006 @ 2:28 pm
Of course I had to buy the pattern right away. Anyone insterested in KAL sometime?
March 30th, 2006 @ 5:54 pm
Very pretty sweater. I love the name … it is perfect!
March 30th, 2006 @ 8:28 pm
It’s wonderful! And in the quintessential, the all time best KSH color. *drool*
March 31st, 2006 @ 2:16 pm
hey melissa- thanks for hte comment on the baby sweater! i doubt ill get a model shot of it until next winter! shes having her baby in june or july! once again that sweater is just gorgeous!
April 1st, 2006 @ 6:27 am
Gorgeous!
April 1st, 2006 @ 10:44 pm
Melissa,
I can’t believe I am just seeing this for the first time tonight, but I must say how lovely and delicious your new fabulous design is! WOW! You have so much talent (and then some!).xo-anjo
April 2nd, 2006 @ 7:26 am
holy moly. I love it. And of course, the fact that it is knit up in my FAVORITE color just adds to its beauty. I may have to bump this up in my project list. I’d be interested in doing a knit along!
April 10th, 2006 @ 4:10 pm
Wow. That is a fantastic cardigan. Very, very nice.
April 21st, 2006 @ 9:55 am
I have been planning on getting this pattern since the first time I saw it – I think it is lovely!
There is a lot of information on special sizing and fitting in BGK -the book was worth it price just for that alone.
April 27th, 2006 @ 12:56 am
Please please let there be a KAL for this, I have the yarn in hand and am swatching now. *swoon*
June 1st, 2006 @ 1:31 pm
I really love your pattern — I just bought a copy and I’m dying to get started. I also just saw the pattern you designed for MagKnits and it’s lovely. I hope you keep doing lots of designing! Thanks for the lovely patterns.
June 9th, 2006 @ 6:04 am
It is beautiful! I just love it!
June 22nd, 2006 @ 1:21 pm
That cardi is just scrumptious!
xx
July 30th, 2006 @ 8:06 am
I wwnt a copy of your Grannie Smioth cardigan pattern but I need to send a money order. Can you do that for me?
Kathryn Noland
I love this pattern and have so many friends knitting it. I want to knit it also.
July 30th, 2006 @ 6:13 pm
Hi Kathryn,
Sure, I would be willing to take a money order. Please contact me at neoknits AT yahoo dot com and I’ll give you my address.
Melissa
February 11th, 2007 @ 3:17 am
Beautiful pattern, beautiful choice of yarn, beautiful styling–but why a bouillon cup?
April 25th, 2007 @ 8:07 pm
This cardigan has a wonderful colour, almost exactly like some mohair I just bought in Guangdong! I’m making a cardigan out of it too because my old one died…
Thanks for sharing the picture. I’m not sure about the buttons… they make the piece look a little less vintage than I would like.
January 30th, 2008 @ 4:59 pm
Just found your site and this sweater is going to the top of my queue. Lovely.
September 11th, 2008 @ 7:51 pm
I just found and love the pattern. I’m wondering how accurate your yarn requirements are. I would probably make a size 36–are 4 skeins truly enough or do I need to splurge for the 5th?
Thanks!
September 12th, 2008 @ 7:39 am
Anonymous! Sorry I don’t know how else to contact you.
I would say the yarn requirements are fairly accurate with some wiggle room for those that knit tighter/looser. I haven’t heard any problems with people running out of yarn, so you should be good with the 4 skeins.
January 22nd, 2009 @ 3:58 am
Your blog is very nice
January 22nd, 2009 @ 4:13 am
i like your blog ….
March 12th, 2009 @ 2:29 pm
Wow! Really nice design. You have such so many dresses for sale. You should seriously consider getting your OWN (not blogspot or wordpress) e-commerce website. It will be an instant hit.