David Bowie cardigan a knitting success

Mum and I love to knit. We have been working on this cardigan for quite a while and just finished it this weekend. It’s a bit big – I want to get a few winters out of it.

Any ideas for who we should knit next?

Here are some of our other knitting projects:

Michael Jackson “Who’s Bad” jumper

Mother’s Day gif(t)

Ribbed cardie

Purple Ziggie Stardust/David Bowie/Aladdin Sane pattern drawn by mummy; cardie pattern adapted from Moda Impact Issue 5; magenta skinny jeans by Cotton On Kids; purple sparkly trainers by Converse Kids.

Pattern photo and photos of mummy knitting by Dominic Loneragan/Citizens of the World

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46 Comments

  1. becks*
    July 30, 2012
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    awesome!! i wish i had 1/10 of your mummy’s creativity & talent!

  2. July 30, 2012
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    Way to knit Karla and Marshall! The Ziggy Stardust sweater is amazing and looks great on Marshall!

  3. July 30, 2012
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    I wish I were are stylish as Marshall. This is amazing!

  4. July 30, 2012
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    Gosh, I struggle to knit with one colour. Trying to come up with a witty suggestion for the next project but failing miserably.

    • July 31, 2012
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      Aww – it’s OK I have a few ideas up my sleeve. Knitting with multiple colours is easy once you get the hang of it, just keeping all the balls from getting tangled up is the trickiest part.

    • July 31, 2012
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      Ah great suggestions – Rufio’s hair is pretty much like a bigger version of Ziggy’s! My top pick of those options is Totoro – that would be soooo cute.

  5. July 30, 2012
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    Oh. My. God. How bloody awesome are you??! As if the manligan wasn’t impressive enough … that gif is the icing on the cake!

    • July 31, 2012
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      yay and I just learned a new word (I had to Google “manligan”, aka manly cardigan). Glad you like the gif – it is my favourite gif to date (and I do lots of gifs ha) x

  6. david
    July 31, 2012
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    Absolutely Fabulous

  7. heatherxmcnab
    July 31, 2012
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    wow this is so great! I wish I had one of these when I was a kid!

  8. August 1, 2012
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    That is an excellent cardigan! The baby now has more style than most people I know (including myself!). :)

  9. Lestersmama
    August 9, 2012
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    Freddie Mercury comes to mind

  10. David Hicks
    September 7, 2012
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    Nice project with an iconic image. Love it.
    (One quibble: That was actually Bowie’s “Aladdin Sane” persona. Ziggy came earlier.)

    • tiny sartorialist
      September 11, 2012
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      Yes we were torn as this is the Aladdin Sane cover, but Bowie himself has described “A lad insane” as simply an evolution of Ziggy/”Ziggy goes to America.” It seems to be quite a debate, so we are going to just call this our David Bowie cardie :)

      x

  11. Kay_to_the_Tee
    September 21, 2012
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    You could totally sell this. I would buy one and I dont even have kids!

  12. rachel black
    September 28, 2012
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    Do you have a pattern outline i can download to make myself??

    • tiny
      October 1, 2012
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      Hi Rachel – not yet, but I am working on putting something together :) I will be doing just the face – stay tuned! x

  13. angel
    October 23, 2012
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    ooooh, I sure hope you come up with the Bowie face template soon– my husband wants it on a sweater for himself! :D

  14. Sarah Thorpe
    September 1, 2013
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    like Rachel Black, i’d love to have a pattern outline if you have them available for download! such a great sweater, I love it! :)

    • tiny
      September 1, 2013
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      Thank you for the reminder – I really do mean to make it into a file that people can follow. Have just been so busy! I have your email so will be happy to send it to you. I’m thinking within the next 6 weeks is a realistic goal :)

      • Sarah Thorpe
        September 3, 2013
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        great, thanks so much! :)

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  16. Kate
    May 15, 2015
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    Any update on this pattern????? I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to make this!!!!!!!! If it’s available please email kbgrandbois@gmail.com!!!!!!

  17. giovanni
    February 8, 2016
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    Question how did you start this pattern? I see you draw it. But how do you determine how many sts and etc? Ive gotten squared paper before but Ive never really experimented with it.

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