I knitted this cardigan at record speed, so that I could wear it to a wedding back in June. The yarn is Rowan Polar, and it had a previous life as a tank top from Teva Durham’s Loop-D-Loop book. I love the colour, but I have to confess that I’m not a huge fan of the yarn itself. It has a halo of alpaca fluff that sheds all over the place, and you can see that it’s already gone very bobbly under the arms.
I do like the style of the cardigan, although I usually wear it untied as the knot is quite bulky. I also want to add a piece of ribbon across the back, to stop it from stretching and slipping off my shoulders. I’d like to either amend the pattern or maybe find one that’s already written for DK yarn, to make a lighter weight cardigan. I’m not sure I have the attention span to knit this style of cardigan in a lighter yarn though – the draped fronts would take forever!