Okay, is anyone else watching Bad Sisters on Apple TV+? I’m midway through season two so no spoilers but please let’s talk about the knitwear!! The sweaters are amazing. The hats too – Angelica was wearing a yellow hat that looks much like one I knit ages ago – but I’m obsessed with the sweaters. Apparently some of them are from IrelandsEye and I could buy them…or I could spend around the same amount of money and devote months of my time to knitting them! I know which route I’m going, what about you?
This one is my favorite. I adore that gorgeous vivid green and I’m so glad I saw it on the show because the way they styled it on Eva is so much more appealing to me than the model on the website. I am not typically a big fan of knitting cables. Cables are fiddly and most of the time I want my knitting to be not fiddly. (Some people would question my statement, given how much lace I knit and whether lace is considered fiddly or not. Maybe it is just a brand of fiddly I am on board with.)
HOWEVER, Eva has convinced me that I NEED to make this sweater. I have already done some trolling for patterns and found this Book Club Cardigan on Ravelry. I would modify the bottom hem to be thicker like Eva’s sweater, and I could modify the sleeves to be that balloon style, but I’m not sure I’m going to.
The biggest question now is yarn. I don’t tend to stash sweater quantities unless I have a pattern in mind. I had a couple of possibilities from past projects, but those yarns are discontinued, so I’m on the hunt. Since it’s a cardigan and won’t be against my skin, I don’t have to worry as much about the itch factor, but I don’t want it to be so rustic/earthy that it’s unpleasant to knit with. I think I might want to go non-superwash with this one. I should probably go with something affordable like Cascade 220 (maybe the Christmas green here??) although the last cardigan I knit with that yarn pilled like crazy.
So, I’m taking suggestions! What are your favorite budget-friendly yarns for something like a cabled cardigan?
bonnyknits 
Pretty sweater! Personally, I found Cascade 200 disappointing to knit with. It’s a bit splitty and the final project I made with it ended up being much too itchy for me, even for a shawl. I don’t work with worsted weight very much, but I think if I was going to do all that nice stitch work I’d be willing to bump my budget up to the next level, in which case I would go with Miss Bab’s Intrepid. That’s a non-superwash, which I also prefer for garments, and it has decent yardage per skein. But it is more spendy! If Intrepid is totally out of your price range I will say I have used Tahki Yarns Superwash Merino Worsted Twist (also available on Webs, but their color selection is low, so you might want to see who else carries it). However, the merino gives you more softness and drape than you might want for a sweater? (I used it for a shawl) I did find it to be very nice for the price, though.
If you shop Wool & Co. (Illinois) they carry Ella Rae Superwash Classic Wool and Ella Rae Classic Wool (non-superwash) which are pretty nice and Kelbourne Woolens Germantown, Rowan Pure Wool Worsted and Plymouth Superwash Worsted could be worth looking into. Can always do a yarn search on Ravelry and see what people say about them. (There are others worth looking at there, but it gets overwhelming if there are too many choices) I buy from Wool & Co a lot and I find them fast, reasonably priced and I think shipping is free.
When I’m not sure what yarn to substitute I’ll usually read through a bunch of the projects on Ravelry that have been made for this pattern and see what other people have used and the type of results they got.
That’s a great pattern. I believe AKA Nora Knits (podcast) knit this sweater fairly recently. I like Berroco Vintage.
We started watching based on your recommendation, and we are hooked! I don’t tend to go for budget friendly yarns because I am always disappointed. 😂
I need to watch the second season of Bad Sisters! The firt season was amazing!
That is a gorgeous sweater! I do like Cascade 220, or as an alternate I go to Yarn.com and go to the closeout yarn. It’s kind of like thrifting, in that there isn’t always something you will want, but you can find some great bargains! I have not watched this show yet, but it looks good 🙂