pink cardigan with brown flower and cute buttons

A cute little pink cardigan (just kind of made up the pattern as I went along - I have to admit to knitting quite a lot of this style).

I got the buttons from Ferdinand a while back and it looks like they don't have them anymore now. Then I made a little brown flower for the side. A lady from my knitting class showed me the pattern. It is so simple and they look so cute. I don't know where she learned to make them but it seems like quite a generic pattern so I am going to share it with you here.

Flowers - Cast on 36 sts. K1, cast off four, repeat until then end where you should have 12 sts left. Break yarn and use that tail to thread through the remain stitches and cinch them all together. So easy and ingenious. I used a couple of french knots in a contrasting yarn in the middle of the flower to fasten it onto the sweater.

This book, Nicky Epstein's Knitted Flowers has definitely gone on my amazon wish list now. (There are a load of pictures from the book here).

I am loving all the amazing tutorials out in blog-land for the upcoming holidays but I have seen so many things online now that I want to make I am beginning to get crafters paralysis.I just can't decided which ones to make first and so I have been sitting here reading The Superficial. Very productive.

Comments

[amandajean]

very very cute cardigan! I love it. thanks for sharing the tutorial. it sounds easy enough that I could (almost) make one! :)

[sarah]

wow, i LOVE your cardigan, and the flower, thanks for the pattern,
Sarah x

[Barbara C.]

Your "simple" pink cardigan is exquisite!
Barbara

[erin]

this is really really sweet!