I’m blocking my Goodale cardigan, finally. It seems like I’m not able to churn out the projects as quickly, or I got distracted by a new phone and going out of town, and working on several projects at once. I added a whopping 6.5 inches to the body length (14.5 pre-ribbing) on 34″ chest size. I have a long torso, and this sweater was way too cropped for me as written. It doesn’t seem that cropped in the pattern photos, but she’s also wearing this over a dress with a higher waistline, and she probably has a shorter torso. Either way, this project is finally on the blocking board.
I did a wet block. The superwash yarn rapidly expanded and I had to squish it into place. It’s not the neatest or most exact blocking I’ve ever done, but I figure as long as I get the top and bottom sewn down neatly it will all be ok.
It’s not totally done, because I still have to knit around the collar a bit and sew things down to make the pocket become a pocket. I wanted to make it as long as I could, but not run out of yarn, of course. I think I hit a good point for that. I have 10.4 grams of yarn left, and there doesn’t seem to be much to the collar finishing, and sewing won’t use much either. The ball does look a little small and sad. I got a little anxious before I bound off the body, but I forged ahead.
Of course, I could report back in a day or two when my sweater is dry that this was a total disaster and I should have made the body shorter, but I’ll cross my fingers and hope that doesn’t happen.
I think you’ll be fine, but just in case, I’ll cross my fingers too.
Thanks! Ha ha. I was just reading your blog and commenting….
Use a contrast colour if all else fails!
What yarn is that? The color is sublime!
That colour is beautiful, can’t wait to see the finished product! Good luck 🙂
Im sure the sweater will be amazing. The color is great, I want to put something teal with it!
Lovely color! It’s so perfect!
I added at least that much to mine, and it still seems too short. (i’m 5 ft. 9, long waist)
I’m only 5’6″, so hopefully this will be ok on me. My yarn GREW when I wet-blocked it. I probably could have gotten another inch out of it, but I let it be. I think I have about 15″ from armpit to bottom of sweater on my Featherweight cardigans and I like them.