Nicola, she is finished

I have to report that, though the I-cord edging on Nicola did not take as long as I had feared, it did take longer than I had hoped.  Nevertheless, I did not find it necessary to stick a pin in my eye this time, and I was able to finish the sweater last night.  (Well, the ends are not worked in, but that hardly counts after all that I-cord.)

Here she is:

Nicola cardigan finished                                                    (I apologize for the absence of a picture of me actually wearing Nicola, but it is just way too hot and muggy this afternoon to even think of donning a woolly sweater.)

A detail of the I-cord edging around the neck:

Nicola detail 

I had a hard time figuring out what sort of closure I wanted to put on the fronts.  I ended up leaving two “holes” up top where I didn’t attach the I-cord,

Nicola detail                                                   so that I could close the sweater with some sort of pin or clasp.

Nicola with clasp

shawl pin on Nicola                                                (This second pin is a shawl pin from Designs by Romi, and it is truly a beautiful thing.  That’s a big chunk of turquoise there.)

I can also just leave the fronts open with nothing closing them, and the openings between the sweater front and the I-cord don’t show at all.  Or I could find two cool buttons and attach them to each other in a cufflink sort of way and poke the buttons through the openings.  I feel quite clever about this hedging of my bets.

The stats:

Pattern:  Nicola cardigan, adapted from the Nicola pullover in Simply Shetland

Yarn:  Neveda Alpaca 70% wool, 20% acrylic, 10% alpaca

Yarn source:  Elann

Time to finish:  2 weeks and 2 days

5 Responses to “Nicola, she is finished”

  1. Helen Says:

    I do like that cardi. I like the colour, and I like the stitch, and I like the way it deosn’t have a button band down the front. Cool pins too.

  2. lorinda Says:

    Again, Sarah, you rock my world with your creativity, excellence and speed. Keep the bar high–it inspires the rest of us–to drink martinis and margaritas with Ellen. 😉

  3. Carol Says:

    You rock, girlfriend! Hey – where’d you get that first shawl pin? Looks like something I “need”.

  4. Ellen Says:

    Well, as usual, an outstanding contribution to the sweater world from my sister. What fine work. I’m proud even though I had absolutely nothing to do with it.

    That is wonderful, Sarah! I can’t wait to see you model it when it gets cooler.

    And that really was an excellent display of cleverness and creativity when it came to the “hedged-bets” method of front closure!

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