Aisance by Kirsten Johnstone

Aisance

Knitting
February 2014
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
24 stitches and 30 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette stitch
US 6 - 4.0 mm
1547 - 2652 yards (1415 - 2425 m)
30½ (32½, 34½, 36½, 38½, 40½, 42½, 44½, 46½, 48½, 50½)" [77.5 (82.5, 87.5, 93, 98, 103, 108, 113, 118, 123, 128) cm] at bust
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AISANCE : French for for ease, fluency, fluidity.

Cardigan is knitted flat from the top down. Beginning at the back of the neck with a provisional cast on, the neckband is worked back and forth, then stitches for the yoke are picked up from the neckband. Yoke is shaped with raglan increases. Lower body is knitted flat, back and forth; sleeves are worked in the round.

Yarn
Tern by Quince & Co
(75% American wool, 25% silk; 221yd 202m /50g)
7 (7, 8, 8, 9, 9, 10, 10, 11, 11, 12) skeins Stonington 412

Needles
One 36” circular needle (circ) in size US 6 / 4mm
One set of double-pointed needles (dpns) in size US 6 / 4mm

Gauge
24 sts and 30 rows/rnds = 4” 10 cm in St st, after blocking
40 sts and 32 rows/rnds = 4” 10 cm in 2x2 rib, after blocking, measured unstretched.

Sizes
30½ (32½, 34½, 36½, 38½, 40½, 42½, 44½, 46½, 48½, 50½)“
77.5 (82.5, 87.5, 93, 98, 103, 108, 113, 118, 123, 128) cm
at bust

Ease
Suggested ease: Positive 0-2” 0-5 cm

Sample
Shown in 32½“ 82.5 cm with ½” positive ease

Skill Level
Intermediate

ERRATA
Page 3 / column 2
Under “Begin right-side neckband”
Row 1 (RS): Sl1 kwise wyib, * k2, p2; rep from * to last 3 sts, k3.
Row 2: Sl1 pwise wyif, p2, k2; rep from to last 3 sts, p3.