Amy

I also followed the YouTube tutorial for the sweater to make this. The sleeves, I thought, were easy to make. As well as the whole darn thing!! The diamond pattern is so fun to crochet, and so easy that I barely had to pull out any rows. The great thing about this pattern, is that you will be definitely sure of when you mess up, and will only need to pull out one row max when this happens because of the nature of the stitches and how they fit together. Each row is a different set of sts. For example, first row is 9dc, ch1,sk1. Second row is 7dc, Ch1, sk1, 1dc, ch1, sk1. Also, the pattern repeats every ten rows. This was also my first time using front loop - back loop DC sts, and it was fun to make these sts as well. The piece turned out so well that I will be making more once I place another order with Hobbii for more yarn!!

Karyn

I love the design of this cardigan. I wish that the directions were better written. The designer blog has a link to the YouTube pullover sweater that this may be based off which helped me to work out the transition from yoke to body. However! The start of the sleeves in these directions are missing way to many parts to be successful. The video helped at 25% playback speed. I got what I paid for.