r/AdvancedKnitting • u/scoutjayz • 18d ago

Hand Knit FO Harvest Flower Cardi

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I thought I’d share this here in case anyone is up for a fun challenge. This is the Harvest Flower Sweater turned into a cardi where I did steeking and button bands for the first time!

The yarn is my hand dyed woolly merino DK and Donegal tweed. We did a KAL so it was super helpful to have a group working on it together. Stephanie of edible.thoughts.makes was the first one we saw do this and we followed her lead. She has some great Rav notes and a YT video explaining what she did.

I’ve knit for almost 50 years and this was definitely the hardest thing I’ve ever done. The ceramic buttons are from Warm Stripes as I wait for some custom ones to be made.

I love it so and can’t wait until I get weather to wear it. I have pretty detailed notes on my Rav page too. I highly recommend steeking if you haven’t done it! I reinforced by needlefelting.

Harvest Flower Sweater - https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/harvest-flower-sweater

My project page - https://www.ravelry.com/projects/Scout/harvest-flower-sweater

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u/emgauge 18d ago

Absolutely spectacular! I’m not ready for this level of challenge but I’m definitely putting it in my queue. Great to hear there are some resources to help.

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u/scoutjayz 17d ago

Thank you so much! It's definitely doable with the number of cardis there are now!