Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Simplicity 2560

My parents gave me a gift card to Jo-ann Fabrics for my birthday. I guess I could say that they gave me this really cute short-sleeved cardi!
I'm on a pinky-purple-lavender kick lately (you should see the yarn I'm working with!). This is view A, but all the different options for this pattern could easily be interchanged. My only gripe about this pattern is that there are no long-sleeved options, but I may experiment with that later. I still have some knit fabric in my stash to play with.
Sewing this up took longer than I thought it would, and that is because I used my serger, and Serge and I don't get together that often. There was a lot of stopping and starting and re-threading. Really, this could be made without the serger. It just won't have those pretty finished seams.
I wore this yesterday, and I loved it! My daughters loved it! What's not to love?

3 comments:

Kristyn Knits said...

Thanks for your comment meg. You're right. The books are magical...connor's face proved it!

Your cardi looks awesome! Check out this link. It might help you with a long sleeved version.
http://philigry.blogspot.com/2009/11/one-hour-cardi.html

larissa said...

your cardi does look awesome! and better yet, it fits you beautifully! I love the way you styled it with the long sleeved shirt.

jules said...

Gorgeous! And I am loving your bedspread...such pretty colors.

You match!