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FO Friday - Ridiculous Renunculous

 The Richmond Knitters have a "tradition"(it's three years old,  and one of those years was 2020) where we choose a jumper and cardigan pattern and anyone who wants can knit it and then wear it at Bendigo.

Last year I advocated hard for something I don't even remember, and then knit the jumper that the group decided (Birkin) and loved it. I also got a lot of good ideas from people's suggestions.
This year I suggested Love Note (because I wanted to knit it) and Deb countered with Ranunculous,  When I saw the Ravelry photos, I though she was joking. Yhe jumper just seemed ridiculous. but I looked at the actual projects, and loads of them looked great.

So I knit it. There were a couple of dramas - I actually had to rip 3 times, twice because I misread the pattern and the last time because the yoke came out shorter than expected and I started the ribbing too early.
I did the slanted cuffs, and they look odd - I don't think I did them backwards, but if I was going to nit this again I would put the longest part over the backs of my hands. Oh well, they pull down nicely.
All in all I'm quite happy with how this came out. Very wearable, quite cute and I got to do a KAL, and you all know how much I love a KAL.
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  1. Unknown21 May, 2021

    I think it's Ranunculus, rather than Ranunculous or Renunculous. I do agree with you though, the initial project photo isn't appealing at all and it's other people's versions that convinced me to make it. Your version is lovely, and yours is the only blog post that illustrates to me what a slanted cuff means. Lovely photos too

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