"Darling Emma" cardigan

It is finally finished :-))))
Here is my cardigan "Darling Emma" by Joji Locatell.
My project on Ravelry.

The cardigan turned out beautiful. I love it :-)) It was a long project for me, but it was worth all the time and effort. It is a beautiful design and a pretty straight forward knit. The cardi is seamless and knitted form the bottom-up. Collar is joined to the neck stitches as it is being knitted and sleeves are knitted seamless form the top and shaped by short rows. I did do some modification, but they mostly where done to customize the cardigan for me and represent my personal knitting preferences and the fit I like. The instructions are easy to follow. The lace part is very easy and collar joint to the neck stitches is simple to do as well. The short row cap shaping was new to me and took some getting used to. Read more on that and all the other modification I have done in Mods section of my Raverly project page.

I have used Cherry Tree Hill Supersock Silk Solids yarn in Natural. The yarn is just fabulous :-)) First time knitting with it and I love it. 20 % silk content makes all the difference. The knitted fabric after washing became very silky and drapes beautifully. It stretched slightly, mostly in length of cardi, but not in the width. Sleeves did not stretched. The cardigan has luxurious feel to me :-))
Thank you Joji for the opportunity to test-knit ” Emma”. I will surely enjoy wearing this cardi :-))

VLAD

I saw this shawl on Ravelry and just had to CO ASAP ;-)) It looked unique and the border is so lovely :-)) I needed a black shawl for an event in the summer and now I have one :-))

Project on Ravelry
Pattern (free on Ravelry) : "Vlad" by Tammy Bailey
Yarn: 2ply Alpaca Lace by Cascade Yarns.
It took almost entire skein  (437.0 yards (399.6m)) to finish this shawl. For a moment there I was worried that I will run out of yarn on the last row :-))