Julia Cardigan in mustard!

For my birthday back in March a couple friends gave me some money to go towards an Ottobre subscription. After much thought I asked if it was ok to pick up a couple patterns I knew I would use instead. I have this feeling that having a subscription right now might put too much pressure to sew from them.

Anyway, the Julia Cardigan was something I had my eye on for a while so I bought it!  I was shopping at Fabricland with Laura  and she found this mustard coloured knit - a colour I wouldn't have picked out initially but I love how it turned out.  I probably would've picked something "safe" but I'm glad I didn't.

I sewed up the long sleeve version with the double collar in a small.  I should've gone with my measurements and made a Medium but b/c it wasn't fitted on the waist and hips and I have small shoulders I thought a small would be better.  But as you can see the back is too small across the shoulders.  It's still very wearable though!

I will definitely be making more of these!