Elf

Do you remember when I was on holiday in the summer and I had my little knitting emergency?  Well, while my other needles were out of action, this is what I worked on to fill the time.

It's a cardigan pattern called Peggy Sue by Linda Wilgus.  Such a sweet little pattern and I've had it sitting in my queue for a while waiting for the right moment to make it.  Since I'm enjoying a real knitting phase at the moment, sparked off by the vanilla knitting experience, it seemed like a good time to take the plunge.

It's mostly stocking stitch so it happily filled my 'vanilla' requirements, although it does also have a very pretty cabled rib that luckily I could manage without a cable needle so it didn't tax me too severely.

I got some rather cute little buttons for it and at an absolute bargin too, just 10p each.  I didn't think you could still find buttons at those kind of prices any more.  I love the swirl on them.  They are just a little touch too small to be perfect though.

I not a great cardigan knitter as a rule, somehow they always seem so daunting, but I think the process is becoming a little easier for me.  This is certainly the best fitting garment I've made to date, which is encouraging.

Until next time then, when I'll be back with the Dresden Placemat tutorial... exciting!

S x