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In this video I’m starting a new project series: designing a colorwork cardigan from scratch.
The idea was inspired by a store-bought cardigan my sister owns — not to copy it, but to translate the elements I love into my own design.

I talk about my design goals, yarn choice and construction method, and show how I approached drawing the colorwork by hand.
The cardigan will be knit top-down using the contiguous method, with colorwork placed in the lower half of the body.

I’m using The Baby Wool by We Are Knitters (100% alpaca) in Sand and Forest Green.
Since I’ve worked with this yarn before, I’m skipping a gauge swatch and adjusting as I go.

This is the planning stage — things may change along the way.

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro: where the idea started
0:09 Filling gaps in my wardrobe
0:28 Why a colorwork cardigan
1:29 Yarn choice & past experience
3:10 Construction: top-down contiguous method
4:29 Design inspiration & colorwork planning
5:22 What’s next in part 2


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