FO: Cropped Cardi

I won the game of yarn chicken!

The cropped cardigan was finished mostly* successfully with several yards to spare. That was mostly due to the fact that I decided to finish the fronts off with an applied i-cord

And once those i-cords ran the length of fronts, I kept going to make a cute little tie closure.

The cardigan is a heavily modified version of the TPCT (a great pattern which had instructions for top-down, bottom up and tips for customizing - though not for making it a cardigan - I did that on my own).

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I used Alley Cat for this one- the colourway is 'Firestarter'. It was one of those skeins that didn't want to place nice with any stitch pattern, and was too pretty to hide away as a pair of vanilla socks. Alley Cat is also super-nice to wear as a garment, because there's no itch and it washes easily.

All tolled, this little cardi took two weeks of not so steady knitting. A quick little knit with great results.

* I say 'mostly' successful, because sadly, it does not fit me. It's not the fault of the pattern - as you recall I've already knit one that fits great. I think the issues stem from the fact that the first one used handspun, which was a bit heavier than the Alley Cat, and on this one... I think I might have missed an increase row.

But all is not lost. It will definitely fit the lovely Samantha. It will find its way to her house very soon.