So to the analysis: the pattern was based on the 'Fitted Deep-Ribbed Cardigan' from Glam Knits. However, I deliberately chose to use the wrong type of wool just to see if I could use the Wendy Ikon to knit anything. It turns out the wool is not suitable for cardigans. Experience tells me it isn't in fact suitable for any wearables - possibly excepting a scarf, but I think it's more suitable for flannels or towels, or at a push a blanket (although the fluffy red bits might choke a baby...). The cardigan is therefore not really fitted. It does feel nice against the skin though. And I like the shoulders and general shape. Unfortunately, it only looks any good if I'm wearing it whilst taking a picture of myself in the mirror, due to the stretched-uneven sides and dodgy button seams. As I'm not planning to always hold my arm across my face in life, I think this may be a drawback...
The thing is, my issue all along had been with the colour scheme of the wool. But actually I now don't mind the colour of it - the red cuffs, button panels and shoulders does balance it out just enough! Despite the Ikon stuiff being completely the wrong wool (I'd have probably been closer to the original pattern idea if I'd just used the red), the uneven and fraying at the neck and hem lines and the totally awkward button panels (caused by the miss-matched yarn thicknesses), I like it! I wouldn't wear it outside the house yet, obviously, but I'm thinking of attempting to fix the problems so I can...
Still, lesson learned: if the wool feels like it should only be used to make towels, you should probably only use it to make towels.
Wool: Wendy Ikon, shade 892, and King Cole Big Value Double knitting, shade 78.
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