Chrysalis!

It's finished!  This is the Chrysalis cardigan, knit in Malabrigo Rios in Whale's Road.  The finished cardigan is big and snuggly, but not as sloppy as an oversized hoodie can be.  I think it will be perfect for the kinds of winters we usually get around here, and it's certainly big enough to layer.

I blocked it before sewing it together and I think this made it easier.  I also bound off the knitting before seaming.  The pattern has you graft the live stitches to a finished edge (and does give what looks to be really good directions), but I decided I'd rather have the added structure of a bound off edge in the seam, particularly since I was using superwash wool yarn.  The seams run down the tops of the sleeves and they definitely help in the structure department.

I used garter stitch edges for the front edge and the cuffs and they finish the whole thing off nicely.

I'm thrilled with my finished project and I can tell it's going to get lots of use over the next few months!