Ostrobothnia is an area in west of Finland. It is famous for its flat landscape, agriculture, people being bit cheap and the Jussi sweater. My dad is from the Ostrobothnia and so is my mother's mother. For some odd reason I have always been proud to say I have roots from there. Likka has roots from there too of course and so I made her a Jussi sweater inspired cardigan.
After the exponentially ascending learning curve from the previous cardigan, I started to make this one from the top down. This time I made a smaller neck and the knitting went very smoothly. I did do a bit of a mistake when calculating the placement of the arms but it does not really show on the finished cardigan.
On the previous cardigan I made too many button holes and I actually prefer zippers anyway so I sewed a zipper on the Ostrobothnia cardigan.
I'm really pleased with this cardigan, it is slightly too long, but that means there is some room for growth.
what a lovely pattern. You did well. It's interesting that it is so particular to a region. And look at that cute model and her little giraffe. Thanks so much for that.
ReplyDeleteOh you are welcome. Thanks, it's a very good pattern for a colour knit, it's so simple.
DeleteI love this jussi style, though i had no idea of its origins. I just ordered fin a fair isle jersey all the way from england as my knitting is not up to much and i have a soft spot for traditional knits which are hard to find here in new zealand. Happy new year to you x
ReplyDeleteFin must look really cute in such a jersey. Fair isle knits are beautiful, but those are tricky, I don't blame you for ordering it instead of making one.
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