Pattern: Pullover based on Serkinet cardigan and Easwas hat, both from Kate Davies Designs.
Yarn: Alpine Exotics (merino/alpaca/silk/cashmere) yarn from Lambspun. I have had this yarn for many years, and it has been various projects. Most recently, it was a second version of Koto, by Olga Buraya-Kefelian. I told myself it was the last time I would recycle the yarn because it really isn’t that sturdy . . . . But here we are again. The yarn was hand-dyed, so I tried to use the darker skeins mostly for the collar, cuffs, and bottom ribbing.
Modifications: I thought the yarn would work better as a pullover than a cardigan, but I do think the cardigan is really cute with its cropped length and full sleeves. I had knitted the Easwas hat many months ago, and so enjoyed the pattern that I wanted to knit it again, so I used it as the central motif for the back. I knitted the pullover top-down in-the-round, and decreased the sleeves a bit to modify the fullness above the cuffs.
Thoughts: Given the right yarn, I would knit Serkinet again as a cardigan. Kate Davies is one of my favorite designers. I love her clean lines, unfussy construction, and the aesthetics of her single-color designs. She knits like a historian.
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