Next- sewing and cutting the steek.
Inspired by Strange Brew, although my yarn is worsted and I’m knitting top-down and I found my motifs in books.
- Used Couronne here which is Worsted for stitch and row numbers.
- use 4.5 mm needle for colourwork and 4.0 mm needle for neckline (and ribbing if I decide to use that).
- follow swatch, with notes to change things
Recipe:
- Cast on 77 with smaller needle, increase to 85 after rolled neck.
- 10 short rows for back of neck. Cast on 7 for steek and increase 32 to 124 stitches.
- Lozenge pattern 5 rows. 19 x 6 stitch repeats plus 2 plain stitches on either side, plus steek = 124
- Increase 54 to 178
- Gear pattern 11 rows. 9 x 18 stitch repeats plus extra small circle (6) with 2 stitches either side of steek plus steek = 178.
- increase 48 to 226
- Triangle pattern 18 - 24 rows depending on how much room I have. 36 x 6 stitch repeats plus front stitches plus steek = 226
- Increase to 255
- Separate sleeves (50 each sleeve)
- Cast on 12 underarm stitches each side = 179 stitches including steek. 88 back, and 91 front (42 each side).
Waist shaping. 4 decreases and 5 increases.
Sleeve- pick up 14 and decrease 2 at the gap row 1. After row 12 decrease. Every 12th row after to 44 stitches. 10th row last decrease to 42.
Button band- using 4.0 mm needles picked up 3 of 4. 87 stitches below yoke. Total 121. Purl one row then I cord bindoff.
Checked the Yoke numbers from Womens XS size of Strange Brew which is DK.
Top-down (Strange Brew recipe is bottom up, so converting this to a top-down).
Steek to make a cardigan
Colourwork at hem and wrists also
Large colourwork yoke - bold/graphic pattern(s?) plus smaller patterns
- icord or ribbing or rolled neckline?
- waist shaping
Grey (Goeland) as MC
3 CC of the Gilliatt, plus some leftover Madelinetosh Vintage and Plucky Primo worsted.
MJ Mucklestone books and patterns. Flying geese or Triangles from sweater pattern for 1 band? https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sigla
Bubbles for main? giant flower? https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/wildflowers-cap
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/geometric-mandal...
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sweetness-pullover
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/damejakken-stril...
one of the bold graphic star charts from this: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/orions-belte---o...
one of the flower charts from this: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/vognteppet-nordi...
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/vesica-piscis-pu...
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/telja/people
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/vellamo