Chicago #2 is nearly completed. A rainy Sunday finally motivated me into sewing up all the pieces waiting patiently in my bag for over a week... Now I have to knit all the little flowers, but I am still undecided in the choice of colour(s). Originally, I intended to knit them all in the same green. Now that I have the cardigan finished in front of me, I am not so sure, and I might knit them in different colours as the original pattern is... What do you think???
But my needles haven't been idle for a whole week...
I couldn't resist casting on for the February Lady Sweater.
An awful lot of people are knitting this at the moment on Ravelry and, for once, I am knitting along.... I have been wanting to knit a cardi from the top down for a long time and this pattern comes along. I am loving every minute of it, probably because this is all new to me: top-down, in the round, no sewing...
I am using Rowan All Seasons Cotton on 4.5mm needles and it is growing fast...
Chicago is beautiful! I think fresh, summery colours might go well. Have you seen the bolero in the last Rowan magazine, in 4ply cotton? That has very summery colours, and I think they'd look good on this background.
I am resisting all garments while I concentrate on socks but this looks great. there are several good top down patterns out there - once you've done this one you might be encouraged to have a look around ravelry.
Posted by: dawn | July 07, 2008 at 09:13 AM
Oh Francoise, now that I am seeing your Chicago I really wish I wouldn´t had omitted the ribbing and the ruffles. Definitely stupid to have done this. Yours is looking so very charming 'plain' as it is right now. But I could imagine it also very well with the flowers in green, but maybe that´s only because I love cardigans with interesting structure in the same colour, so that the embroidery/embellishment is only visible at close or second sight. I am nosy which colours you are finally choosing.
Love your new top-down-cardi!
Posted by: Krawuggl | July 07, 2008 at 03:05 PM
Chicago is so beautiful!!I love it.The color is very summery.
Posted by: mumintroll | July 08, 2008 at 10:23 AM
Hallo Francoise,
this Chicago is wonderful.
Please tell me- is this an Rowan Pattern? I would like to knit it too!
Greetings from Gernmany (Black Forest)
Ingrid
Posted by: Ingrid Hellmer | July 08, 2008 at 03:42 PM
Quel beau travail ! J'aime beaucoup ce cardigan, et la couleur est toute douce, comme il faut pour cet ouvrage raffiné. Je ne connais pas le moèdle initial, masi personnellement, je n'aime pas trop les fleurs rebrodées à la façon tyrolienne, je veux dire de toutes les couleurs. Si tu broodes tout en une seule tonalité, verte comme le cardigan, cela fera très classique, et tu es sûre de pouvoir porter ton pull avec tous tes vêtements. Par contre, décider pour une seule couleur pour les fleurs et un vert pour les feuilles peut apporte run peu plus de fantaisie. et un fil "variegated", mais dans les vert/jaune ou vert/bleu selon la tonalité de ton pull ?
Posted by: Christine | July 09, 2008 at 09:44 PM
Gorgeous green, the color of new life in nature is always a fave in my house. It looks beautiful and the FLS looks great too.
Posted by: sue | July 21, 2008 at 02:22 AM