I bought the yarn for this cardi in Spain. It is a 50/50 cotton and acrylic mix and I loved the colours. It was an absolute pain to knit so I swore I would destroy the pattern when it was finished. I am pleased with the final result and really like the rib which is called beaded rib. The 1st row is all knit and the 2nd row is purl 1, knit 1 on an odd number of stitches.
The cardi was knitted all in one to the armholes. You then put that aside and knitted the sleeves on 4 needles to the armholes. The sleeves were then joined into the body and this involved manipulating lots of needles. The raglan sleeves were pretty straightforward but I kept forgetting to cast off.
This process reminded me of the 1st time I had knitted the top down gilet and now that is one of my favourites. Time will tell.
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