Lion Jacket

The first garment in my winter Bernardathon is done:

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Pattern: Lion-Neck Cardigan from Custom Knits
Yarn: Patons Inca
Changes: I added stitches at the sides from waist level, so it would flare a little around my hips and the fronts wouldn’t gap too much. Then I decreased at either end of the last three rows to form a rounded ‘corner’ at the bottom front, then continued the ruffle all the way around. I also knit an extra sequence of increases and rib rows to the ruffle to make it wider.

I have plenty of this yarn left over. Probably not enough for a long-sleeved garment, though. Maybe a vest, or if I buy more of this yarn in another colour I could make a striped or two-toned something.

As soon as I’d finished this, I knit and washed swatches for the next two garments in my Bernardathon – Pink and Slinky Ribs. They’ve come out exactly the right gauge.

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And after much deliberation, I chose the purple alpaca blend for Pink.

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