Fabulous Fall Finished Objects No. 1

TaDa!!!
It's finished! Hot off the needles! (Last night I went out and bought the buttons! Got to do it quick or it will never get done!)
Took me almost two months (according to my Rav. dates), and that was knitting with wool/mohair mix yarn in the middle of the summer and the lingering heat we had in Sept.

Love the way this fits!
I used about 4 1/4 skeins of Brown Sheep worsted in the color -- tormented teal.
I picked this up while on vacation this summer and I'm glad I bought 5 of them, so I could work my modifications.
Pattern: Favorite Cardigan (rav link) from Custom Knits by Wendy Bernard (knitandtonic).
Size knit: small.
Yarn: Brown Sheep worsted.
Needles: US #8
Notions: 9 buttons (see modifications).





Modifications: When I knit the fronts, I started with a 2x2 rib, and then when I got the end of the row, I did a p2,k2 so that I would end with a k2 on the end. That's why there's more purl stitches at the ends. I like the detail though. Makes the cables stand out. I did not do as much waist shaping, only did 3 decrease rows and then made it longer (I used two full skeins on just the body of the sweater-from the top to the bottom). For the sleeves, I sort of custom fit them to my arms. I have long arms and didn't want the sleeves to fit tight, so I just tried it on as I went and decreased where I thought I needed to, ie at the elbow area and through the bottom of the arm.





This is my glorious self-timer shot! Came out pretty good I think. I did not block this, and don't think I'm going to.

Overall this is a relatively easy pattern. I do like that the sleeves are done in the round so you really don't have to seam anything but the small hole under the arm. I wanted this not as close fitting as my Central Park Hoodie (which I love but fits snug), so that I could layer a long sleeve tee over it.