One cardigan is never enough

There are pieces of clothing that have a pretty clear season. The thick wool sweater belongs in the winter, the linen shirt in the summer and the sweater?

She waits for these about three days a year, where it is 8 degrees in the morning, 23 at noon and you sit somewhere again in the evening and wonder why you left the jacket at home today, of course.

Welcome to the transitional period! To be fair, this transitional period has become quite widespread in recent years.

Spring and autumn now often feel more like a very long mixed form of “a little too fresh” and “suddenly much too warm”.

That the climate warming behind it is anything but gratifying, is of course clear. We would very much like to have some clearer seasons, normal temperatures and a climate that does not constantly set new records.

But if we already have to deal with all this madness, we as knitters can at least very quietly state: For our cardigans, this is unfortunately quite practical.

Because while in the past the winter coat had to be pulled out of the closet much too early, it is now felt for weeks exactly this weather, in which you need a jacket in the morning, at noon and again urgently one from 5 pm.

And that's where our cardigans come in. They are warm, but not too warm. You can open it, close it, throw it over, take it off, put it back on and change your mind about five times in the course of a day about whether you need it right now or not.

Of course, theoretically a single good transition jacket would be enough. Theoretisch. Practically, of course, we all know that this is complete nonsense.

After all, you need a thin one for the warmer days. A bit thicker for the morning. A short one that can be worn over clothes. A longer one for trousers. One in a neutral color that really fits everything. And then, of course, this one jacket, which was actually not sought, but by chance has seen and which is now clearly still missing.

This is not a willingness to buy. This is weather precautions. And this is exactly what makes cardigantics so pleasant: You can let off steam with material, cut and thickness.

Light yarns work wonderfully for mild days, fluffier variants for morning and evening and as soon as the temperatures pretend to be really autumn, it can of course also be a bit cuddly.

Another small advantage of the ever-increasing cardigantic season: Our projects have more time to actually finish.

Anyone who hits a jacket in September does not have to immediately nervously calculate whether this will end before the winter at all. With a bit of “luck” in November is still cardigantic weather.

Whether we really want to count this as an advantage, let's leave it at that.

For the climate, we would definitely prefer more normal seasons. For our wardrobe, however, this eternal in-between means: quite a lot of sweater time.

And because we don’t want to rave about cardigans and then release you completely without orientation into the big, wide world of Cardigans, we have already done a bit of work as a precaution.

We have created one or the other particularly beautiful cardigan directly as a knitting kit in our online shop. So that you don’t have to spend hours looking for instructions, yarns and colors, but can dedicate yourself to the really important part: Which jacket will be hit next?

In the last article we have saved the highlight until the very end. Today we just do it differently and start directly with it.

The talk is of the Teddy Bomber Jacket by Sus Gepard.

The cozy oversize jacket is inspired by a classic short fur coat and gets exactly this look thanks to the wonderfully soft, fluffy teddy teddy-dear yarn. Just knitted yourself and much more sympathetic.

The jacket is knitted seamlessly from top to bottom, completely curly on the right and without elaborate elaboration. So actually quite a lot of effect for surprisingly little drama.

If you like it a bit more classic or have already come into sweating with the Teddy Bomber Jacket internally, we of course have a few other candidates in petto.

Fortunately, cardigan is not the same as cardigan. We would therefore like to show you three models that are currently at the top of our transitional jacket list: the Kaja jacket by Sandnes Garnwhich: Jilly Jacket by Anne Ventzel And of course, Honey Cocoon by Anne Ventzel.

By the way, the latter is no longer an insider tip for you knitters, but a real permanent burner. And honestly: If a model lands on the needles again and again, there has to be something to it.

So three rather different jackets, but all with very good arguments for why you need another cardigantic jacket. Or stop willing.

For the next three models, we would like to hit everything at the same time anyway: the Flow Loop Cardigan by Other Loops, which Lucy Wrap by PetiteKnit and the Caia Cardigan by Le Knit.

But having been on the subject of climate change earlier, let us at least pretend at this point that we have a grip on ourselves.

Because even if you can really hardly speak of fast fashion when knitting, you still do not have to completely exaggerate it with the purchase of wool.

So maybe we'll finish a project first. And by finish, we really mean finish this time. So including sewing threads and so on. Anyone who has read our last post knows what we are talking about.

Continue on with the Flow Loop Scarf by Other Loops.

Whereby we have to admit honestly: The instructions were actually already bought when we only used the cashmere in the color Brunnera Blue have seen. So a lot of persuasion was no longer necessary.

In the case of shawls and scarves, we become weak surprisingly quickly. What you might also notice is that during our actually very concentrated jacket research we suddenly completely got off the topic as soon as this little cloth came under our eyes.

And if we have already digressed, we can actually show you this small highlight: the Ruffle Truffle by Knitzi Fritzi.

The design found our store elf Moni. She just has a little truffle creep in such things.

The cloth is making quite large waves right now and you can see it on an astonishing number of needles. Similar variants were already available from other designers, we like the modified version of Knitzi Fritzi But just the best.

Oh, yes. We wanted to write about jackets. Just look at the two knitting kits. Okay, enough wandering. Back to the jackets.

Although, wait. Denomination Flow Loop V Neck We must not under any circumstances hide you from us.

But now really back to the jackets. Versprochen.

We have two for you: the Lia Cardigan by Sandnes Garn and the Chantal Collar Cardigan by Moreca Knit. And so ... this Chantal Collar Cardigan in this beautiful yellow is probably an absolute impudence, right?

In any case, we can hardly look away. Now you may think we are exaggerating completely. But we do not. Some knits are just beautiful. And some look at you until you surrender at some point and just accept that you obviously have a new project.

And finally, we have something that some will probably hate us for and love others for. Sabine feels a bit like Ö3, when for the first time again Last Christmas läuft. Some turn their eyes, others are completely happy.

Sabine clearly belongs to the second group.

Music with Christmas spirit and Christmas knitting she could have without problems all year round. This may also explain their pronounced summer antipathy. We are beginning to suspect that she was a Christmas celebrity in a previous life.

How could it be otherwise: Here is the Kristtjorn Christmas Sweater by Hanne Rimmen.

Yes, we know it is still early. But someone has to start.

With this we release you now into the knitting weekend and hope that we have not so much annoyed the Christmas muffle among you that in two weeks, on principle, you boycott our next article.

Well, anyway. We wish you success in your knitting projects and until 14 days.