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sweet bunting cardigan

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SWEET BUNTING CARDIGAN

What could be sweeter than a baby cardigan with its own colourwork bunting?

Worked seamlessly from the bottom up with a stranded colourwork yoke and fun ties that extend into the bunting string. The yarn is a super soft cotton, wool, linen and soy blend that comes in great colours, and the flags are a perfect place to use up a little bit of variegated or handspun yarn. Simple seed stitch at the edges are a classic touch.

Shown in size 20.5” / 52cm. Thanks to Jeanie for being such a cute model, Keri for letting me steal her baby, and Jasmine for her beautiful house!
Technical Editing by Jaya Purswani. http://www.windchains.com

SIZES
Finished Chest: 19.5 (20.5, 21.5, 22.5, 23.5, 24.5)” / 50 (52, 55, 57, 60, 62)cm
Finished Length: 9.5 (10.25, 11, 11.75, 12.5, 13.25)” / 24 (26, 28, 30, 32, 34)cm
Approximate Age: 3-6 mo (6-9 mo, 9-12 mo, 12-18 mo, 2 yrs, 4 yrs)

YARN
Sport or light DK weight yarn.

Shown in The Fibre Company Savannah (50% wool, 20% cotton, 15% linen, 15% soy; 160 yds per 1.75 oz / 50g skein).
MC: Sycamore.
CC1: Huckleberry (discontinued) – 1 skein for all sizes.
CC2: Bluegrass – small amount for all sizes.
CC2 is optional – tie can be worked in CC1 if desired.

MC Yardage: 350 (400, 440, 490, 540, 600) yds
Small amounts of CC1 and CC2.

NEEDLES AND NOTIONS
US 4 / 3.5mm circular needles, 24” / 61cm or longer
US 4 / 3.5mm double pointed needles or needles of choice for small circumferences in the round
stitch markers
smooth waste yarn
tapestry needle

GAUGE
24 sts and 28 sts = 4” / 10cm square in Stockinette Stitch

MORE INFO
5 page colour PDF pattern includes photos, chart and schematic.

SKILLS NEEDED
This pattern is suitable for an adventurous beginner. You will need to: cast on, knit, purl, increase and decrease, knit in the round, work short rows, follow a stranded colourwork chart knit flat.

HOW TO BUY
Available through Ravelry (no account needed), payment by Paypal (bank transfer or credit card). Please note that the price of this sweater pattern is in Canadian dollars – Paypal will automatically convert the amount for you if you use another currency.

$6.00 CAD

More adorable photos on my Flickr!

April 8, 2011
Savile Row Cardigan

My trip to NYC is imminent, but I wanted to get this pattern out to you all before I leave! This sweater pattern has been a long time coming – I knit, ripped, knit, ripped and knit to get it right for Rhinebeck last fall, and then just…didn’t work on it for months afterwards. Finally got my act together to shoot it with Jasmine when we met up to do the Map Collection, put together the (rather complex) pattern and here is the result!

SAVILE ROW CARDIGAN

A perfect blazer cardigan! Savile Row has curved hems and a shapely waist with a fun ribbon detail. Fastened pockets hold all those little things, and soft notched lapels are polished and classic. Knit seamlessly with set-in sleeves from the bottom up with I-Cord edges. Deep garter stitch cuffs on the sleeves are closed with lots of wee buttons.

Shown in size 37” / 94cm with 2” / 5cm of positive ease.
For the best fit, I suggest choosing a size which will give you 0-2” / 0-5cm of positive ease.

Technical Editing by Jaya Purswani.

SIZES
Finished Bust: 31 (33, 35, 37, 39, 41)(43, 45, 49, 53, 57)” / 79 (84, 89, 94, 99, 104)(109, 114, 125, 135, 145) cm

YARN
DK weight yarn. Shown in Madelinetosh Tosh DK (100% superwash merino; 225 yd/206m per 4oz / 113g skein) Colour: Composition Book Grey

Skeins: 6 (6, 6, 6, 7, 7)(7, 8, 8, 9, 9)
Yards: 1200 (1250, 1300, 1350, 1430, 1500)(1550, 1600, 1750, 1830, 1950)
Metres: 1097 (1143, 1189, 1234, 1308, 1372)(1417, 1463, 1600, 1673, 1783)

NEEDLES AND NOTIONS
US 6 / 4mm 32” / 80cm or longer circular needles
US 6 / 4mm double pointed needles or needles of choice for small circumferences in the round
one larger needle for binding off loosely
stitch markers
waste yarn
buttons, lots of buttons
1.5” / 4cm wide satin ribbon

GAUGE
22 sts and 30 rows = 4″ / 10cm square in Stockinette Stitch, knit flat

MORE INFO
This is an 8-page PDF pattern only. Includes photos, schematic and abbreviations. This pattern features fill-in forms – fill in the numbers for your size!
This pattern is one file for all sizes 31″-57″.

SKILLS NEEDED
This pattern is suitable for an intermediate to experienced knitter. You will need to: cast on, knit, purl, increase and decrease, knit in the round, short rows, and work complex shaping.

HOW TO BUY
Available through Ravelry (no account needed), payment by Paypal (bank transfer or credit card). Please note that the price of this sweater pattern is in Canadian dollars – Paypal will automatically convert the amount for you if you use another currency.

$7.00 CAD

March 23, 2011
a cozy cashmere sweater

As you may remember, I worked on this sweater while I was at TNNA this January. I managed to screw up the yoke pretty royally when I got home – I started the v-neck below the underarm, attached the sleeves and went merrily along decreasing for the raglan and the neck, but discovered pretty late that I had actually mis-divided the front for the bust increases and v-neck! I had to rip all the way back to the waist, argh.

But once I got everything back on track it was smooth sailing. I knit this sweater with just five 50g skeins of Handmaiden 4ply cashmere – cashmere is so light, there are a lot of yards per skein. Since the yarn is hand-dyed, I’m not reeeeally surprised about this, but there’s quite a bit of green in this yarn that looked just silver in the skein!

No pattern for this one, sorry – it’s just a simple bottom-up raglan with waist shaping. For the sleeves I did a slight balloon shape – I cast on 48 stitches for the cuff, then increased dramatically to 72 sts, which is the upper arm circumference, and just knit straight up to the underarm. For the V-neck, I started decreasing away a couple inches below the underarm, since I wanted it to be fairly deep. I stuck a little cable along the raglan lines and decreased until there were no more front stitches, then I added on the twisted rib neckband.

I’m not a huge fan of the pooling, but you know what? It’s a cashmere sweater and it’s still super soft and cozy.

February 27, 2011