Salto by Carol Feller

Salto

Knitting
September 2015
DK (11 wpi) ?
20 stitches and 27 rows = 4 inches
in st st
US 6 - 4.0 mm
1200 - 1900 yards (1097 - 1737 m)
Bust circumference: 32 (35, 38, 411/2, 441/2, 461/2, 50, 53, 561/2)" / 81 (89, 96.5, 105.5, 113, 118, 127, 134.5, 143.5) cm
English

The delicate pattern in this cardigan is subtle but elegant. Add this cardigan to your favourite outfit for a perfect finishing touch. This cardigan is knit flat in one piece from the bottom up. Short rows are used at the top of the shoulders to create the shoulder slope. Set-in sleeves are worked from the top down when the body is finished using short rows to shape the sleeve cap.

Size 35” (89cm) modeled with 1 1/2” (4cm) of positive ease.

Materials
Yarn

5 (5, 6, 6, 6, 7, 7, 8, 8) skeins of Hedgehog Fibres Blue Faced DK, 100% Blue Faced Leicester wool, 3.53oz (100g), 246yds (225m)

Needles & Notions
1 US size 6 (4mm) circular needle, 40” (100cm) length (or longer for larger sizes) for body
Set of US size 6 (4mm) double-pointed needles for sleeves
Adjust needle size as necessary to achieve gauge.
Stitch markers; stitch holders or waste yarn, 5 lockable stitch markers, 5 buttons 1” (25mm), tapestry needle.

Gauge
20 stitches and 27 rows = 4” (10cm) in stockinette stitch blocked.
22 stitches and 27 rows = 4” (10cm) in Lace Pattern blocked.