Flower Cardigan

I don't always crochet, but when I do...

...I am generally pleased with the results.

Pattern: Vendula Maderska's Flower Cardigan

Yarn: Schachenmayr Catania Solids in Orchidee, Cyclam, Orange, Violett, Apple Green, Pfau and
Patons Grace in Ginger (to replace the Catania Birke, which is discontinued)

Hook: a very strange hook labeled 3.00-3.25 mm - doesn't it know which it is?

Mods:  The pattern called for red for the front edging; upon advice I used colors already in the stripes. I made up my own flowers, and made Willow Sway's Bird Applique. I kept running out of light pink, and wound up making the pink sleeve long enough by adding a dark pink stripe.

I hope the little one likes it. Her mom is pleased, which is what counts at this point.

I've just remembered that one of the first things I crocheted was the direct opposite of this, a baby dress with a plain crocheted skirt and a shell patterned top. It buttoned at the shoulder, and I'll bet it's in this house somewhere. I made it from leftover crochet cotton that my grandmother had used to make placemats, and I've got one of them around somewhere, too.