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Another Arcade

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It is really a long time since I have made an Arcade cardigan, but I have a good reason to have another go, as a friend has a new baby.

The pattern is adapted from Nicki Trench’s ‘Cute and easy crocheted baby clothes’, using Arcade stitch for the main body of the cardigan. This one is made in Stylecraft Batik Old Gold (1902) on a 4.5mm hook. The chest is 25cm across, and it is 29cm from shoulder to hem. It weighs 130g and I used four 15mm buttons. To make the button holes I did 2 stitches of a five-stitch shell, chained one and then completed the last two stitches of the shell.

I would quite like it to be slightly flared in the body section, but maybe I could work on that!

A sense of achievement

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I have now finished the little shell cardigan, adapted from Nicki Trench’s ‘Cute and easy crocheted baby clothes’

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I had to alter the stitch numbers for the sleeves as I had some problems with the pattern from the book (see previous post). I also chose a different stitch for the body of the cardigan – it is called ‘Arcade’ and I found it in ‘200 crochet stitches’ by Sarah Hazell:

200 crochet stitches

It is a great book with charts, written instructions and photos given for every stitch.

The cardigan is made in Drops Baby merino 4 ply ‘old rose’ on a 4mm hook. It combines a lovely soft feel with really good stitch definition, and it was a pleasure to work with. Not to mention being considerably cheaper than other wools of the same quality.

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It took less than 100g to make the 0-3 month size cardigan (Compared to 200g suggested in the book for the original shell stitch).
Overall I am pleased – and Nicki Trench has offered to send my queries to her pattern checker over the summer….