Original Pattern: Little Coffee Bean Cardigan 

Knitter Extraordinaire: Tracey (Ravelry ID)

Mods: Added a fair isle bee design, and text to the back of the cardigan, and shortened the sleeves. Project page can be found here.

What Makes This Awesome: Oh, the details. A great hand knit is all in the details, right? The original striped cardigan does allow for infinite variety, and I love Tracey’s take on this, with the great colour scheme and the little bees interspersed with hearts, but the back takes the cake (see below).  I love it when you see words in knitting, and it’s the kind of detail that works so well for baby and kid knits. The shorter sleeves give it some great versatility for mixed temperatures- it can be layered over long sleeves, or over a light dress. And with a cardigan this cute, I’m pretty sure it’s getting a lot of wear!