Sandnes Garn

It’s been close to a year since I finished my pink and green cardigan. I had bought more yarn than I needed for that project, because I had 2 balls of each of the pink yarns (Sandnes Garn Sunday & Tynn Silk Mohair) left after finishing all of the edges and sewing on all of the buttons. Yarn which has been sitting idle in my stash, until the beginning of 2025. When I drew up my new years resolutions for 2025, I decided that I was going to drastically pare down my yarn stash in order to make room for new acquisitions (part of a broader effort to destash the stuff in my room). Which entailed using up as much of my stash as I could, including 5 “full” skeins. I thought, seeing how I already have a pink and green number, as well as a solid green one, I…

Dear Diary, It’s safe to say that the April Cardigan from PeiteKnits has become my go to cardigan pattern. Because it’s on the simpler end of the spectrum for cardigan patterns, it’s really easy to adapt the pattern to suit your own tastes. Take, for example, this iteration. (Yes, I have made more than one of this pattern) Instead of going for the solid block of colour that the original pattern calls for, I went for a series of stripes around the bottom edge of the body and the sleeve cuffs. Originally, I was angling for a gentle pink to green gradient, but the striped effect turned out ok. This was also the first interation where I tried the “perfect” 1×1 ribbing. The end result was that the cuffs and bottom band were a lot snugger than previous iterations. That, and the buttonholes were smaller. As for the placement of…

Project Notes: April Cardigan (Pink Edition)

Pattern Notes: April Cardigan By PetiteKnits