Scraps for Bartholomew: Cloud Sweater (Vest)
When I was knitting my last Cloud sweater with Lang Cloud #11, I started setting aside scraps specifically for Teddi . I wanted to make her another matching Cloud sweater, and I figured since I was making a small instead of a medium this time, I’d have enough. After I finished my own sweater, I cast on for one half of the mini bear sweater body and knit a few rows before it was obvious I wouldn’t have nearly enough. I always underestimate yardage on her sweaters—that’s why she owns a lot of crop tops. So I ordered the Jellycat Bartholomew bag charm I’d been wanting. Those scraps were too expensive to just go to waste. Once Bartholomew arrived in the mail, it only took a couple tries to start and a couple hours to finish. I wanted to give him sleeves, and I tried to make them work, but even at this size, it just wasn’t enough. The only scraps I had left were no more than 6 inches long—barely big enough to hold. I knit it in the round on 4mm circular needles using magic loop and cast on ...
