It feels good to be excited about knitting again. I didn’t touch my needles for months and then in August I started thinking about Fall. Lost in thoughts of wrapping myself in freshly knit wool come September. So I started something new and easy to get me going and once I got my momentum back I picked up a wip and worked on that too. It worked out well – I was able to finish Blustery and almost finish a stockinette cardigan. While knitting the second sleeve on Erika Knight’s Kelly Cardigan I ran out of yarn. After checking with the source where I bought the yarn (dye lot sold out) I started searching Ravelry. I felt strange perusing the stashes of the Ravelry knitters and even stranger sending an email to Knitorious asking if I could have the ball of Kidsilk Haze Shade 631 Dye Lot 69 listed in her stash. I was a knitter out of yarn and so close to finishing a sweater! A few days later said yarn was in my box (with peppermint patties and dark chocolate kisses and smarties as “packing peanuts”) and on the needles to complete the last sleeve. The finishing was easy….seamed the pieces together, knit an inch of 1×1 ribbing around the neck and sewed on nine Dritz snaps. A light, airy warm cardigan, finished – with huge thanks to Knitorious (and Ravelry!).



Pattern: Kelly Cardigan
Classic Knits by Erika Knight
Yarn: Rowan Kidsilk Haze
7 balls for Smallest Size
in Jacob 631, Dye Lot 69
Ran out of yarn while shaping the cap of the second sleeve
Needed 7th ball to finish cap and seam garment – I was getting the specified gauge
Needles: 3mm and 3.75 mm addi turbo
Gauge: 22 sts and 30 rows in St st to 4 inches using larger needles
9 Dritz snaps