Geodesic

I think I’ve kept everyone waiting long enough!!

Geodesic Cardigan

 Pattern: Geodesic Cardigan by Connie Chang Chinchio
Yarn: Malabrigo Lace in “Emerald”
Needles: Size US 6/4 mm

When I first read through the pattern, I have to admit that I was a tiny bit freaked out by the “semi” set-in sleeves.  I haven’t knit those in a long time and I don’t think that my scrunched up sleeve seaming efforts have been documented on the blog here.  When sleeve day came, I began the seaming session and voila…just like that, I was done.  There had been no swearing nor any need for strong drink during said session! 

After that, it was just round and round with a few decreases thrown in at regular intervals to get the sleeves to behave.  This is where my boo-boo happened.  Not the fault of the pattern or the yarn, just my knitting tension.  I was magic-looping those sleeves since that is my preferred method of knitting in the round and every time I came to the point where you need to slide the stitches to begin on the next half of your round (fellow magic-loopers, you know what I mean).  The first couple stitches would be so snug that I would have to tug them over the needle to knit and each time I felt like I would snap the yarn.  That’s when I decided that it was time to dig out my unused DPNs and try that method.  Turns out, I suck at DPN-ing.  Check out that ladder!!!  

Lesson learned, I went back to ML on the other sleeve and tugged those stitches painfully across each round.  A note about the yarn – Malabrigo Lace being 100% merino with a single ply construction is notorious for pilling. I’ve worn this cardigan only a couple times but I haven’t noticed any pilling, yet.  Just the usual fuzzy halo of merino yarn.  I’m sure the dreaded pilling will happen eventually. 

Great summer cardigan.  Great little details.  Great pattern.  L-o-v-e gazillion!