Smocking on the Move by Teva Durham

Smocking on the Move

Knitting
December 2003
Aran (8 wpi) ?
18 stitches and 20 rows = 4 inches
in k1, p4 rib without smocking
US 7 - 4.5 mm
1040 - 1430 yards (951 - 1308 m)
35 (39-1/2, 44, 48-1/2)”, see notes
English
This pattern is available from interweave.com for $7.99.

From the magazine:

A child’s classic smocked-yoke dress started Teva Durham thinking about knitting a smocked pattern. Since she loves to place design elements asymmetrically - and she enjoys a challenge - she worked her sweater with one sleeve smocked and the other one ribbed. The right sleeve is shaped in a different manner from the left to compensate for the different gauges of the stitch patterns. Not content to end her smocking at the sleeve cap, Teva carried it over the shoulder in a fluid manner and onto the neck. Unlike traditional smocking, the stitch she used is easy to work; you smock as you go.

Sizing information:

Finished Sizes: 35 (39-1/2, 44, 48-1/2)” (89 100.5, 112, 123 cm) finished bust/chest circumference

Needles:

  • 4.5mm straight needles
  • 4.5mm 16in (40cm) circular needles

Materials:

  • 8 (9, 10, 11) x 50g skeins #13 saddle brown
  • cable needle
  • stitch holder
  • tapestry needle

Knitting notes: Gauge in smocked sections: 20 sts x 22 rows = 4in.