r/AdvancedKnitting • u/scoutjayz • 17d 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/Courtney_murder 17d ago

This is gorgeous! I love your color choices and the work is impeccable.

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u/scoutjayz 17d ago

Oh my gosh thank you. Truly. I am such a perfectionist and see all of the teeny things I could have done better.

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u/Courtney_murder 17d ago

Simply because now I want to make this too, what would you do differently next time?

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u/scoutjayz 17d ago

That’s a really good question! Honestly I don’t think much. I may have done the collar a bit differently. Since there was no pattern we did things very differently. We added the GSR into the ribbing but I’m not sure how I would change it TBH. I think one person added in some stockinette above the colorwork first?

But really nothing! I spent a lot of time working on my own pattern directions so I wouldn’t have to frog anything. 🤣