Vintage wine cardigan
Vintage Wine Cardigan
from a vintage Robin pattern
fits chest 48 cms so 6-9 months or thereabouts
4mm vintage needles
3 balls King Cole Merino Blend DK #32 Wine
The pattern is from my collection of vintage knitting patterns. I would like to work this up larger for my little girl in the same colour. It really suits her skin tone. I love the yarn and will use it again, soft with great stitch definition and machine washable. Now we’ve lost Jaeger….this is a good alternative to Matchmaker Merino. I just scraped in with nothing to spare on this one. A fiddly bit of sewing up, but I like that part. Maybe next time I’ll work it in one piece to the armholes.
Mods: I omitted a button and the filet ribbon around the neck, not practical or safe! Oh, and I compensated by adding extra stitches to the seam edges so the pattern appeared seamless on the side seams.
Is there a way you can share the pattern since it is vintage?
Oh it is beautiful and the wine color looks lovely too.
I am loving the pattern and the knitting. ohh… it’s just lovely. I can’t think of anything modern that I have seen for a baby that is anywhere near as cute.
I love that colour. Some vintage pattens are so much more interesting in texture than the modern designs.
Love the color….would also love it if you could share the pattern for this too.
Ditto #1-Is there a way you can share this pattern? I’d love to give it a try for the new grandbaby ion the way.
I left school to train as a knit wear designer for Copley Smiths, who at the time were based Lower Mosley Street Manchester, later moving to Darlington, when brought out by Coats cottons. Amy