River Tweed by Sarah Barbour

River Tweed

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Knitting
June 2010
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
20 stitches and 24 rows = 4 inches
in 2 x 2 rib
US 8 - 5.0 mm
US 7 - 4.5 mm
US 9 - 5.5 mm
1520 - 2660 yards (1390 - 2432 m)
33 (36, 39, 42, 45, 48, 51, 54)” / 84 (91.5, 99, 106.5, 114.5, 122, 129.5, 137) cm bust.
English
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This top-down, raglan-style cardigan is worked in an allover rib stitch in one piece. At four points around the waist (two at the front, two at the back) the ribs curve into a cable motif, providing gentle, flattering shaping. A rectangular shawl collar is worked separately in an all-over version of the same motif and sewn on.

Cable instructions are both written and charted. A schematic is included.

The yarn is a worsted-weight 85% wool, 15% mohair (quite warm). Other yarns that meet the same gauge could be substituted but I recommend fibers or blends with some memory. You don’t want this baby to stretch out on you.

I named the cardigan after the river that flows past my mother’s hometown in Scotland, on the banks of which my grandfather, many, many years ago, operated a woolen mill.

Yardage requirements: 8 (8, 10, 11, 12, 13 , 14, 14) skeins @ 190 yds each.