Knitting Quince (with an alternative body motif)

Quince cardigan, in dark green and oatmeal, and the new alternative base motif

In my previous post, I explained that I had developed a new motif for the Quince cardigan pattern because some knitters were finding the original one a bit tricky (please check this post just below to download your FREE chart of the new motif). Today, I have finally finished my new version and have taken a few photos to explain to you how I make it (and how the pattern is written).

I started off by designing the new motif: but it had to be the same number of stitches (24) wide so that it can easily be interchangeable with the original motif, and so works with the stitch counts in the pattern.

I followed the 3-5 Y size for my 3-year-old daughter. Many people find my sizes come up small so please do check the schematic closely if you are chosing a size to knit for your your child.

I always knit Fair isle flat as I really don’t like the idea of cutting my knitting! However, many knitters have knitted my designs succesfully using a steek. At this point, I havent decided definitively which colours I’ll use at the yoke, but I like the way the dark green sets off the turquoise and mint (I think I’m inspired by the kilim rug i’ve laid it down on)..

The body and sleeves are now all on one needle, and I start to knit up the yoke, starting with 1 row of bobbles. I keep changing my mind about which colours to use at the yoke.

The yoke is finished with tones of blue and green and highlights of red and yellow..Now i need to block the entire piece and then knit on the buttonbands.

Blocked and ready to try on.