It's all finished!
I'm loving this cardi although I do wish I'd seen this adaptation first as I love it even more as a pullover. I'll just have to make another one!
* pattern available for free here: Shalom Cardigan, Meghan McFarlane
knitting, nature and living with autism in the family
little cotton rabbits 
Hi, love the cardi and have just downloaded the pattern.
Have you mentioned what yarn you used and I missed it? And also how did you find the sizing?
Hope you don’t mind all the questions! Thanks, Dawn
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Thanks Dawn. I used some vintage yarn from my stash – Annabel Fox Chunky Donegal (a bulky yarn – around 100m per 100gms – I used 530gms) and slightly larger needles than the pattern recommended (7.5mm). I also added an extra stitch to both button bands (6 instead of 5) and followed some modifications from here: http://www.ravelry.com/projects/ishi/shalom-cardigan for the arms.
Hope this helps
J x
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Ooh, it looks great on you Julie! And thanks for the link to the sweater version – what a great modification.
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It looks great on you! The color is very nice. 🙂
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That looks gorgeous! I do love the sweater version though, so both are going on my queue 😀
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I love this pattern – it’s been on my Ravelry queue for some time now. I really like it as pullover too. Oh bother, looks like I’ll be casting it on soon. Still, have nothing else to knit! Hope Toby is all better now.
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I’m not a knitter but I love your blog and designs because they inspire me to do something creative. I love your little cotton rabbits.
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Cardigan is great,Julie. Love the colour and texture.
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wow I love it and am very envious of your skills. I’ll just keep dreaming of the day that I could knit something like that.
((hugs))
karen
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Love it! Particularly love the colour of the yarn you picked, it’s really nice
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Much cute, you!!!
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Looks very nice on you. Julie, there’s something different about you? Has your hair grown long? Looks great tied up. I noticed how lovely and long Amy’s is on a recent post.
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Its a charming style – so simple yet interesting, and the colour is a really useful one. Hope you enjoy wearing it. I won’t be knitting one just yet though – more puppets and a hat in the queue!
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That looks wonderful on you…love the style xx
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That cardigan is so beautiful. Very nice work, as always.
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Oo lovely! I think I like the cardigan version most of all. Super work as ever =)
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Oh yes, that worked, didn’t it?! Lovely!
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That looks lovely! I love the colour and the buttons 🙂
The pullover looks great too, I’ll have to try that mod when I figure out what yarn to use!
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It looks great Julie. I’ve stored the pattern away for future use!
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I think I might have to have a go at this.I havn’t made anything for myself for years.Hope you had a good half trem.
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ohhhh it’s been on my list forever… I must knit myself one…
Must.
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that looks just gorgeous and i love the colour.
xx
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It’s lovely Julie! Lucy x
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Very nice, cosy looking too.
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Oh Julie! It’s beautiful! Now I want one too!!! I like it MUCH better as a cardigan!
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Great job and what a good choice for you – both color and style look so nice on you. The pullover version is fine, but I like your version the best.
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Hello you! There’s been quite a few of these around lately and I have to say yours is definitely my favourite!
Lina x
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Thats a wonderful job.
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That’s turned out beautifully – I love the yarn, gorgeous colour. I think you’ll get more use out of a cardigan, but hey, any excuse to knit another beautiful jumper can’t be bad!
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It turned out beautifully. I’m wishing I had picked Shalom as my 1st sweater!
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I love it just as it is, with the buttons!
S.W.A.K.
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It’s beautiful…clever you! x
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gorgeous cardi! may have to download that one!
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gulp, I downloaded Meghan’s pattern 2 years ago and it’s still in my ‘knit ideas’ folder. I’m not an experienced knitter though so I reckon I’ll be good to go in about a decade. Thanks for the reminder and yours turned out beautifully. N x
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well done!! I love it!! Thanks for the pattern too! 🙂
Debbie
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