After knitting the cardigan for my mom, I wanted to knit a sweater for myself. I really like long, warm sweaters for the fall and winter that I can wear in the office kind of like a coat. I found the Centripetal Sweater by Lauren Dahl and fell in love with the simple design and beautiful detailing of the cables around the back and collar. It looked a little short for me, but found that by adding a stitch at the middle and end of each repeat of the circular body to the middle and then decreasing back up the other side, I was able to add length through the whole bottom section. I also decided to add a little color work to the innermost cables for a pop of color with a beautiful skein of Ella Rae Lace Merino Chunky I picked up on my trip to NYC (the body is Bernat Alpaca in Ebony, the better to hide kitty hair). Note that because the yarn I used was pretty fuzzy, the pattern isn’t as crisp as some of the examples knit by others on the project page. The cables are even more beautiful with a yarn that has better stitch definition.
I usually avoid knitting with chunky yarn, but it is perfect for the design and makes it a relatively quick project. I also found the directions to be pretty simple to follow and the description of the short row technique easy to pick up as I hadn’t done it before. I’d definitely recommend this design.
Oh what a great cardigan!!! I really love it 🙂
Thanks, I was really pleased with how it turned out. Its really warm too! 🙂
oh my! you are so amazing… and FAST! Love it so much, it is just so gorgeous!!!
Thanks! I’m really happy with how it turned out too! Can’t wait to share in person 🙂
This is AMAZING! I love what you did with the mods.
Thanks for sharing such a great pattern! I can’t wait for the weather to get cold, I’ll be wearing this all winter.