Green Apple Cardi (2011)

Pattern: Black Purl "Claudie A61" with van dyk lace panels and 3/4 sleeves

Yarn: Spirit Trail IXCHEL, in spring greens (approx 1,000 yds)
Method: Hand knitting
Completed: March 13 2011.

This is yarn is 100% superfine alpaca. Not an obvious choice for an adult sweater -- alpaca is heavy, and might have a tendancy to drag. On the other hand, this is quite fine, and it is a summer weight cardigan, so it seems to work.

The yarn was fun to work with -- it's beautiful, and feels delightful. The colour variations (greens, yellows) are subtle enough not to be garish or create bad pooling, or different effects in different-width sections of the piece.

The pattern is quite nice, too -- it has options for capped sleeve or 3/4 sleeve (as here), and the lace panels can be replaced by a cable pattern (provided), or any other pattern on the same number of stitches.

	The sweater without the body, without or with shirt.
	Detail of lace and edging/collar.
	Back shot -- always helpful to see the back, including detail around the neck
	"Action" shot! ;-)

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