Last time I mentioned this piece of knitting it was 10th February. I am pleased to say that the work is now complete and has been given to my daughter. I will add that it didn’t have buttons when I gave it to her as I wasn’t prepared to pay the exorbitant price asked for buttons from our local haberdashery shop. I have a large collection of buttons but us usual I didn’t have the colour I needed. Why are buttons so expensive to buy? I was wishing I was in York and could visit this shop.
I even went to a thrift shop thinking I could buy a garment of a similar colour and use the buttons from the garment. . . .it would have been cheaper. . . .but unfortunately there was nothing of a similar colour. My daughter will now need to find buttons to finish off the cardigan or leave it buttonless as I don’t think she is likely to do up the buttons anyway.
My daughter tells me the cardigan has been put to good use already.
Gippsland Granny 
BUTTONS…. was the shop, by chance DUTTONS FOR BUTTONS? If so, I know of them very well as they are in my town too!… Ilkley! Good to see you back to blogging!
Jay x
Thanks Jenny, it has be a while since I posted. The shop was indeed Duttons. I had to look back through my photos to see if I had a photo of the front of the shop.
Sorry I called you Jenny instead of Jay. Oops. Thinking of Jenny Wren.
Very pretty cardigan, my mum knits things for the kids and gives me them without buttons too! 😁
I love being able to give hand knitted garments. I’m sure your mum loves it too.
Wonderful color, and great textures! I love this cardigan. 🙂
Buttons are always a problem, aren’t they? I face similar problems as you did for this one, and I’ve resorted to knitting pullovers and buttonless cardigans. 😀 But there are times when I wish a cardigan had buttons…
Thanks Anita. I think buttonless cardigans will be the way to go. Heather