Last week the lovely Vivienne, over at Green Rabbit Designs, sent me copies of some great 80's knitting patterns for children. I've been keeping my eye out for 'vintage' patterns for a while now, and when Vivienne blogged about some of her old patterns, I cheekily asked her if she'd got any, which she thought Violet might like.
Just look what she sent me..
What a very kind lady Vivienne is (she makes the most beautiful knitted bags and crocheted corsages too).
So before I begin knitting my Babette cardie (again), I thought I'd use up some of my stashed yarn and knit something a little Summery for Violet with an Eighties feel to it.
I had this lovely Rowan Handknit Cotton in Sunflower (shade 336), which I picked up for £25 for 10 balls, and it's just perfect - very cheeri-uppy.
I thought I'd give this pattern a go. What do you think?
It's a Hayfield pattern (#00901). A double knit, cropped Aran style sweater.
This is my first attempt at cabling and I have already made a couple of changes to the pattern. However, so far things seem to be going OK.
However, I don't think I'm a lover of cabling, it's a bit too 'faffy' and time consuming for me. Or, maybe that's to do with the fact that I'm a bit of a novice at it.
