I’ve been a member of Ravelry since (gasp!) October 2007, and one of the first patterns I came across and downloaded was the C3 Cardi (Ravelry link).  Fast forward a few years, and in January 2011 I started it and in February 2011 I finished it!

It’s meant to have sleeves, but I ran out of yarn! I bought the yarn from Bendigo Woollen Mills (it’s 8 ply Classic) at about the same time as I discovered Ravelry, so by the time I finally used it the colour was no longer available. Never mind!  I did make the cardigan longer than the pattern specified – cropped isn’t such a good look for me. 

The marvellous huge buttons are from – you guessed it – Darn Cheap Fabrics. I think that it is my favourite fabric/haberdashery store! There are no button holes – there are huge snaps to do it up; the buttons are merely decorative.

I wore this cardi to Northern Craft Bonanza on Wednesday night – there were only six of us but there were lots of apologies from those who couldn’t make it this week but are keen to come along next time (30th March).  We had a lovely evening – it was wonderful sharing crafty talk again (and the lemon meringue pie was superb).

Ravelled here.