My love of
wollmeise continues to grow, with my recently completed Raiun in some fuchsia
WM pure, give to my as a farewell gift by my lovely friend Renee (of East
London Knit), when I moved out of London earlier this year.
After some
careful deliberation and research of open front cardigans, including some helpful
input from one half of the podcast team ‘Imagined Landscapes’, Katie. I chose Raiun by Kirsten Johntone, a Melbourne
based architect/knitwear designer.
I’m just so
pleased with it – the neckband is beautiful, provisionally cast on at the
middle of the back neck and worked out in each direction, before picking up
stitches for the body. I particularly like the shaping across the back, as the
ribbing pulls the back in just a smidge.
Mods wise,
I shortened the overall length – maybe 4m shorter than called for – and the
final 2.5cm is ribbed the whole way across the body to avoid curling stockinette
in the middle of the back. Finally, I completely ignored the instructions for
the sleeves and just did my usual thing for fingering weight sleeves. I knit
both the body and the sleeves on 3.5mm needles, so the fabric on the sleeves is
slightly tighter (as I knew it would be).
I think that was the right decision as the body is a little drapier and
the sleeves don’t bag out in the elbows.
I’m so
tempted to knit another one…
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