This time of year is full of fun, but it also can be full of stress, with tons of activities going on and a seemingly never-ending list of things to do.
It’s not the time for some super complicated, stressful knitting project. It’s the time to take it easy and knit something simple and lovely that’s just for you.
Enter Idle Hands, this pretty, boxy cardigan knitting pattern from Winter’s Weather Knits.
It’s worked holding a strand of sock yarn and a boucle/fuzzy/mohair
style yarn to make a sport weight gauge, or you could just use sport weight yarn if you don’t want the fuzz factor.
The sweater is worked from the bottom up in one piece using linen stitch, which is relatively mindless once you get going. It’s definitely meditative and great for when you need a moment of calm or something to do with your hands while you’re relaxing in front of the TV.
There’s a lot of positive ease built into this sweater to make it even cozier. The smallest size, for example, has a 42.5 inch chest circumference, and it is meant to be worn with 13 to 15 inches of positive ease. There are 9 sizes included in the pattern with the largest finished bust on the sweater being 74.5 inches. It has no finishing for the edges and is meant to be worn open.
Of course if you don’t want that much positive ease you can choose a smaller size that will give you less ease if that’s available to you. You can also choose to make it with short sleeves or three quarter sleeves (or longer if you want). You can also adjust the length to make it more of a coat or even make it shorter if you like. Isn’t it nice when you can make a project however you like?
You can get the pattern on Ravelry.
[Photo: Winter’s Weather Knits]
