Spring is here! And it has POCKETS!
Cecily Glowik MacDonald is one of my favorite knitting designers working today. Her stuff is classic without being basic or boring, and she designs things I want to wear — and, more importantly, that I want to knit. Even when another stockinette-in-the-round project won’t hold my attention, Cecily’s patterns have details that do.
Case in point: Goodale.
pattern: Goodale, by Cecily Glowik MacDonald
yarn: Elsebeth Lavold Silky Wool, in “vibrant lime green”
needles: 4.5mm circular
[raveled]
On one hand, it’s your basic top-down raglan cardigan (because, yes, what I really needed was another green cardigan).
On the other hand, lifted increases! I-cord edging! AND CHECK OUT THOSE POCKETS!
Er, except I didn’t adjust the pattern for my long, long torso like I usually do, so I ended up with a lovely cropped length, which is perfect (perfect!) for spring and summer dresses and whatnot, but which means that these little pockets are awfully close to boob-level.Clearly, the only answer is to wear this Goodale all summer, and then make another one — this time with three-quarter sleeves and a longer body — and wear it every single day of Winter 2012.
I also made fabric-covered buttons for this one, an idea I shamelessly stole from Cirilia’s Double Decker Cardigan (in Knitting it Old School).
I used some fabric scraps I had lying around, and this kit. And people, it could not have been easier! I WANT TO COVER ALL OF THE BUTTONS ALL OF THE TIME.
To sum up: Cecily rules! details are awesome! pockets! buttons!
And now, on the subject of pockets, I give you my best (and yet? still not that convincing) Stern Professorial Face when I tell you to spend some time with the amaaaazing “Pockets of History” collection at VADS.
Pockets of History includes photographs of and information about hundreds of surviving examples of women’s tie-on pockets from the 18th and 19th centuries (pockets weren’t always attached to clothes, you know). Check out the embroidered pockets in particular — they’re pretty freaking incredible. Pockets!
ETA: Oh! Oh! And please check out Kate’s wonderful, wonderful post about pockets from a few days ago! (h/t to Katie for the link — the post was still languishing in my blogreader.)
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April 5th, 2011 at 10:46 am
love. which is probably why I copied you not long after you made this and also made a green goodale.
C
April 5th, 2011 at 10:54 am
I love the green and the fabric covered buttons are an awesome touch.
April 5th, 2011 at 11:51 am
Great spring color! Love the details.
April 5th, 2011 at 12:00 pm
Fabulous cardigan! I may have to make one for myself.
And more on pockets here (also references the VADS web page): http://needled.wordpress.com/2011/03/31/pockets/
April 5th, 2011 at 12:04 pm
Wowie zowie! That color is fabulous! It practically screams spring. The pattern also seems pretty perfect for an early spring project.
April 5th, 2011 at 2:16 pm
De-lovely! That color is fantastic on you, and the cropped length is just the right amount of gamine. This is high on my to-do list as well - and I had some silky wool/tweed as a maybe yarn. This just sold me!
April 5th, 2011 at 2:21 pm
Cecily is the best!
Fantastic cardigan—color and pockets and all.
April 5th, 2011 at 3:38 pm
Very cute! I love the clean lines, and that is a fabulous vibrant shade of green.
April 5th, 2011 at 3:39 pm
The fabric on those buttons is perfect! Cuuuuute!
April 5th, 2011 at 8:33 pm
Thanks for reminding me about this pattern! I neeeeed one. In grey, obvs.
April 5th, 2011 at 8:46 pm
That cardi is so pretty! I especially like the color green you chose. Someday, maybe I’ll become more than a beginning knitter (and not a very good one at that).
April 6th, 2011 at 3:26 am
Isn’t the VADS site amazing? That is what the now-depleted public funds of the research councils are for. Clearly we are attuned on the same pocket-y wavelength. What a great design that cardigan is! So simple! So elegant! Such neat and sneaky pockets!
April 6th, 2011 at 5:08 am
It’s gorgeous! I’m printing out my pattern right now. ^^
April 6th, 2011 at 6:50 am
Gorgeous! And thank you for introducing me to Cecily Glowik MacDonald’s patterns. I can’t imagine how I didn’t know about her before - some of the designs are things I’ve been looking for for years! I want to knit everything.
April 6th, 2011 at 7:20 am
Ooooh it’s just lovely in that green! I must make myself one of these some day!
April 6th, 2011 at 12:29 pm
gorgeous!! i love the color! thanks for inspiring me to put another one in the queue!!
April 6th, 2011 at 5:22 pm
What a stunning version of this sweater! Love it! I know you said that the short length was unintentional, but what a happy accident. It looks really cute that way.
April 6th, 2011 at 6:46 pm
You rock the cropped style and the colour. Love it!
April 7th, 2011 at 8:31 am
Lovely! And I love the buttons. I love making fabric buttons and I have a million blanks to do so. You have just prompted a ‘Duh’ moment for me as I finish off a hoodie and have been fretting about buttons - I can make them! Duh.
April 7th, 2011 at 1:52 pm
I LOVE this. Such a cute little cardi.
April 8th, 2011 at 11:50 am
I say you can never have enough green sweaters!
Those buttons are beautiful.
April 8th, 2011 at 11:55 am
Wonderful cardigan. It looks lovely on you.
Seeing your version has definitely inspired me to make one for myself since the original photos definitely don’t grab me.
April 8th, 2011 at 2:18 pm
Totally love the i-cord edging, it really does give such a nice clean angle to it. Another raglan cardi is probably the last thing I need as well, but it’s so tempting I might just have to sneak it into the queue before anyone notices!
April 9th, 2011 at 10:36 am
Oh Pam you are so hot-for-teacher [and YES this is my second leering comment on your blog]! I love this pattern and ordered some MadTosh Pashmina for it and then I ran out of gas. It doesn’t take much! But this might be a great project to take to France:)
April 10th, 2011 at 10:05 pm
Love, love, love this!!! Beautiful and fab!
April 18th, 2011 at 8:58 am
So frikken cute! I need to knit one of these eventually!!!
February 22nd, 2012 at 8:46 am
Very cute! I was caught by “adjust the pattern for my long, long torso.” I am brand new to your blog. Could anyone direct me to a discussion of how to adjust patterns for a long torso? (That would be mine.) I arrived at your blog because Kate Davies’s blog said that your February Lady Sweater looks great on women with “womanly busts,” and I want to knit for my sister.