In the Making...

I have finished a few projects recently but been quite lax in photographing them. I had a little photo shoot with Mr with my plume cardigan. I’ve come to the conclusion, that I’m not a very good model – so you only get to see one photo that came out semi-well. The yarn is the scrumptious Bergere de France Plume , which is absolute heaven to knit with. The pattern is a free one from Drops , which is done in a yarn that works in the same gauge as Plume with a very similar fibre content too. I didn’t like the sleeves on the original – the cuffs were quite loose. I rewrote the sleeves so they fitted snuggly around the cuffs. I worked the back, one front and a sleeve first, and sewed it together, so I could check the fit (it was fine!). I was in a rush to wear it, so stupidly decided to steam block it – word of advice – don’t. There’s a lot of man made fibre in it and I knew it was a risk, and managed to melt some of the fibres. Thankfully, it’s not a lot and...