DIY knitted cardigan

Knitted cardigan is a wardrobe item that is constantly out of fashion. Only the styles of the product change from season to season. The main advantage of a cardigan is its versatility. It looks great with casual clothes, and with a festive, and with an office suit. Cardigan is great with various blouses, t-shirts, sweaters, dresses, skirts and trousers. A cozy and practical do-it-yourself knitted cardigan is a great way to freshen up your wardrobe at no extra cost. This is a basic thing that allows you to create many images with existing clothing.

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Fashion trends

Despite its versatility, a cardigan is a rather insidious piece of clothing, capable of making even a twenty-year-old girl into a respectable middle-aged aunt with the wrong choice. Another “pitfall”: to purchase a thing from the category “they don’t wear it anymore”. Therefore, before you tie a cardigan with your own hands, you need to know the main fashion trends so as not to look older than your age:

• The trend of 2017-2018 is an elongated cardigan of the simplest style.
• The threads can be single or multi-color, gradient staining is welcome.
• Today's fashion is a real paradise for full women. Straight lines slim the figure.

Important! Shiny details, rhinestones, belts, decorated with shiny details, are a thing of the past. You definitely should not get involved in these details.

So, how to choose a pattern for a cardigan and how to decide on the current style.

Cardigan Lalo

This is a real fashion bomb! Bright, diverse shades make things connected even by the same viscous, completely different from one another. Such a cardigan is knitted with thick knitting needles, loose viscous, “plaits”. These clothes are appropriate in the university auditorium, for a walk in the autumn park or in the office.

Important! Particularly beautiful look products made from yarn with a gradient color. Unusually looks the transition from warm to cold tones, and vice versa.

Chinchilla

These products are made of viscous “Asian ear”. From a distance they resemble a fur coat from a sheared chinchilla. Gray, “chinchilla” shades of cardigans or bright products look good, it is possible with a transition of colors.

Important! Such unusual spikelet patterns are good for an adult woman, and for a very young girl.

Pimples

Knitting with "pimples" is back in fashion. A long product that hides your palms completely will warm you on a cool autumn day. Let it be a voluminous product, extended downward, in no case fitting the figure.

Important! A short tight-fitting product of an inarticulate color, made of “pimply” viscous, looks like a dull samovyaz “greetings from the 80s”. The fashionable direction is voluminous and elongated cardigans. If you certainly want to purchase or tie a shortened thing, opt for the oversize style.

Another trend point is the pockets. The motto of today is that a thing should be not only beautiful, but also convenient. From here - and pockets of various sizes and colors, with different locations.

Cozy and fluffy

This is a continuation of the topic of chinchillas. Imitation of fur of long-haired animals, for example, llama, is in fashion. The knit here is the usual stocking surface. It all depends on the structure of the yarn.

Bright shades

The cardigan, knitted with stocking stitch, decorated with a contrasting geometric pattern or ethnic-style ornament, looks beautiful.A good solution is the alternation of multi-colored stripes or a product made using the patchwork technique, reminiscent of a cheerful patchwork quilt.

Fur trim

Faux fur trim (let the beast walks in the wild!) Is as relevant as possible for knitwear. Trim can be located on the collar, pockets or cuffs. It turns into a homely cozy product.

Hoods

This detail helps not only to create a stylish and beautiful bow, but also makes the cardigan comfortable and practical. Such a thing will decorate a fashionista and protect her from the weather.

Oversize style

Oversize products emphasize the grace and fragility of a female figure. At the same time, they are very comfortable. The girl, dressed with deliberate negligence, looks confident.

Important! The characteristic features of an oversized cardigan are a flat shoulder line, spacious pockets, long wide sleeves.

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DIY cardigan with knitting needles (Cocoon model)

In appearance - this is just what you need. The most squeak of modern fashion. In addition, the style is very simple, which the novice knitter will cope with.

Important! “Cocoon” is also called a “cardigan from a rectangle”, since its body is formed by just such a geometric figure. By the way, such a model can be knitted not only with knitting needles, but also with a crochet, taking as a basis the so-called “grandmother’s square”, only, naturally, of a gigantic size. Such a product is a great alternative to the usual shawl or stole, warm, comfortable and pretty.

Materials

For a product of size 46, you will need 3 skeins of yarn with the following characteristics:

• In 100 grams - 330 m.
• Composition - 50 each: acrylic and merino wool.

Important! If desired, you can crochet the finished product, then it will look even more elegant. Finishing costs - 1.5 skeins of fluffy yarn (in 50 grams - 90 m).

Knitting needles (straight - No. 4, circular - No. 3), hook No. 3 - these are tools for work.

Procedure:

• Knit a 1400x1000 mm rectangle with the usual front stitch.

Important! Looks great for a rectangular canvas English or Ethiopian gum.

• Fold the resulting rectangle in half and sew it so that you get hand holes (25-26 cm).
• Type on circular knitting needles along the edge of the product at the rate of “1 loop on the spoke = 1 loop of the fabric”. Knit 5 cm with 1x1 elastic. Close the hinges.
• Crochet the sleeves with “shells”. You can choose another pattern. It all depends on your desire, skill and mood.

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As you can see, knitting cardigans with your own hands is interesting and simple at the same time. Just a couple of evenings, and you will get a unique thing that no one else will have.