I have been wanting to knit a cardigan for me for ages.  The decision was always hard. I knew I wanted a lightweight drapey cardigan, so fingering weight was the way to go.  Crazy right? But I love knitting so I shouldn’t be afraid of knitting miles of stockinette right?

I wanted to knit one of these.

From left to right

Top row: Bellevue Cardigan, Kaleidoscope, Ruby Tuesday

Middle Row: Vitamin D, Cecily Jacket, Harriet

Bottom Row: Vanadium, Hestia, Samargd

The only cardigan that was not fingering weight was the Vitamin D pattern and while I still want to knit it in fingering weight I think it needs to be knit in something special for the drape to work properly.

After a lot of thinking I settled on the Kaleidoscope because it was the simplest one. I also wanted to try out knitting a cardigan from the bottom up.  I found a nice beige yarn and cast on.  It has simple waist shaping and a wide collar.  I will probably make mine a little higher because I don’t like my cardigans falling off my shoulders.  I finished the waist decreases and have a couple of inches of plain stockinette to do before the increases.  It is very monotonous but I am enjoying the slow pace.  I had a couple of naughty knitting episodes before casting this on so I am hoping the relative simplicity of this pattern will cure that.