Ello there, sorry for the radio silence of late, I've been spinning about like a whirling dervish and not managed to land for long enough to type!
Anyway...Miss Felicity Lemon is certainly most popular in Blog land of late... especially her wardrobe and one item in particular... the bow jumper-cardigan (which I've blogged/lusted over before).
Whilst in my local red cross shop I had an inspired moment upon spotting a rather marvellous red cardigan similar in shape and shade of red to Miss L's. (The only difference is that it's not rib stitch).
I snaffled up the woollen item for two quid and then hurried to the wool shop to buy some skeins of wool in off-white, navy and red. From which a bow resembling the cardi was knitted. I just made two rectangles, one slightly larger than the other, then popped the smaller one on top and bound them together with some wool. The cardi had a belt, which I used to make the red centre of the bow.
I did notice that on Miss Lemon's bow she has a little tail that hangs down, onto which buttons are sewn. So I left an end hanging. All I need now are some lovely round headed buttons to finish off. I'm also contemplating stitching two bands of white around the cuffs (but I may leave that so the cardi can be multi-use without the bow)
It's not perfect, especially as the fine stitching of the cardigan doesn't match my bulky knitting, but overall I'm rather pleased. I'm still on the look out for a pattern to have a proper one made, but in the mean time at least I have something to satisfy my woolly lust! :D
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| I need to get some more white buttons! |
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| The bow tail detail... unfortunately stitching is dramatically different, but I don't think I could knit as fine as the cardi itself |
I have some rather lovely snaps of a great night out I had on Saturday, but I shall update you with that a wee bit later.
I hope you're enjoying the sunshine (I'm ignoring the brisk chill in the air!) If you haven't got any sunshine... I hope you have some soon :D
G x
18 comments:
I was hoping someone would take matters into their own hands - and huzzah - you have gone and done it!! Well done you, even with all your whirling about :)
I love this! The bow looks fantastic and being a bit chunkier than the cardi is good, because otherwise I think it might droop a bit? Miss Lemon is so cool!
Perfect- what a grand job! x
That looks great, a fine homage to the original. x
so clever!
Soooper! I don't think the different stitching is an issue at all - and the belt helps to tie the bow to the cardie, it all works very well imho!
What a brilliant job! And satisfaction to the cardigan fevered mind!
Claire
heheh, awesome!! Can't wait to see it on you!
Fantastic, if you can't find exactly what you want, improvise, totally brilliant!
Well done, great job! Excellent find too :) x
You do realise you can't wear it without the kiss curl fringe don't you?
I wouldn't worry about the different stitching, the bow came out wonderfully! I've seen the cardigan in question on TV and reposted in blogs and you did a lovely version if it, I'm quite envious. You should do an outfit post when you finish it.
I really like the two different textures used, what a great little cardi!
Love it! Your version looks great :)
I loved this cardi when I saw it on Poirot, too. Very cute!
It looks marvellous,I am a great Poirot fan and love the fashion of that period.
Ooh gorgeous! I'm hankering after this now too! http://www.folksy.com/items/643296-Miss-Lemon-Cardigan
Those sleeves!
Oh, goodness! If I had scrolled down before commenting I would have seen the whole lovely post about the Miss Lemon bow cardigan! What a wonderful piece!
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