My Grandpa Cardigans

October 10, 2021

I just finished two grandpa cardigans, one for me and one for my college age granddaughter. I'll see her next week and let her choose which one she loves the most because I love them both. I guess I'm assuming she will even want one, but I'm hoping so! Her school is in Southern California near the coast and it can get quite chilly. I see her grabbing this as she heads out the door to class. Knit in worsted weight wool with leftover skeins from previous projects (except for a purchase of one single skein), each one took one week to complete. They were really fun knits and I've been wearing one or the other since finishing. I'm now knitting a third one in a solid color with puffy sleeves in Rowan Kid Classic; I'm going for a dressy, going-out-to-dinner look. The pattern is the Douglas Cardigan from Andrea Mowry. Here's my Ravelry page for the orange/gold cardigan and click here for the gray/green cardigan. My pages have the yarn details for both so you'll know how much I used of each color. I just love love love it to bits. It is my most practical and cozy sweater. Leave it to Andrea to design the best grandpa cardigan pattern ever.


My one modification for both is this: in the pattern the button band is knitted separately and then sewn on, but I really prefer not to sew if I can help it. Instead I picked up stitches and did a k2p2 rib all around. More details one this are on my Ravelry project pages.














If you'd like to make a comment, please click here or scroll down. I reply to each comment and that response will appear directly below your comment. If you would like a personal reply, please know that I use the Blogger platform and they do not give me your contact information when you comment. If you would like a personal reply you can contact me using the contact form on the right side at the very end of my websiteIf you would like to receive Knitionary posts by email, please subscribe here.




You Might Also Like

2 Comments

  1. I can certainly see why you love these. Annie will love hers also. How about one for Grandpa?

    Carole

    ReplyDelete
  2. Lol. That’s what grandpa is asking!

    ReplyDelete

You make my day when you make a comment!

Labels

afghan Alana Dakos ally pally ambassador Amy Herzog Ankestrick Arte Italica baby Baby Cocktails bakelite baking berry picking Best Friday of the Month best of Ravelry Big Sur blue transferware book review books boutique brook cables California candy child children children's activities Christmas Christmas crafts Christmas knitting cleaning collections cookie cutters cookies cooking craft Crafts crochet cross-stitch day trip decluttering decorating designer spotlight discount diy dog dolls Easter eau de vie Elizabeth Bradley Elizabeth Zimmerman embroidery entertaining Facebook fall fall decorating fall garden family featured first car fit flower arranging flowers free pattern Friday night party group friends funny Fur garden gardening Giants Gifted Hostess give-away giveaway gluten free gourmet group Halloween herbs holiday home how to set up a party group jewelry Kaffe Fassett KAL Kim Hargreaves kitting Knit Picks knitting laundry Le Jacquard Francais Little French Knits Los Altos lunch Mailbu Making Things Marie Wallin Martin Storey menu minimalism money talk mosaic movies my house my patterns my town nails needlepoint needles October challenge Octoberfest ollalie organizing original design outdoor seating owl party prep pear peg dolls pies pomegranates poncho preview quilting recipe recycling redwork review roses Rowan San Francisco Sarah Hatton sewing sewing room tour shawl shopping shower social media softie spring spring garden stash Stitches West summer summer garden summer knitting Sunday Morning Swans Island table setting test test knit Thanksgiving Three Irish Girls TNNA tomatoes top 10 list toys travel tutorial twinning ufo Uncommon Threads vacation Valentine vegetable garden videos wedding winter garden wip Woolfolk yarn yarn for sale Ysolda