ooh shiny
Finished
May 1, 2013
July 14, 2013

ooh shiny

Project info
Frascati by Amanda Keep Williams
Knitting
SweaterCardigan
me
36
Needles & yarn
US 6 - 4.0 mm
US 3 - 3.25 mm
Berroco Captiva™
245 yards in stash
7.5 skeins = 735.0 yards (672.1 meters), 375 grams
1783
Gray
Creative Fibers LLC in Windsor, Connecticut
April 24, 2013
Notes

Some words of advice and/or warning:

  • Try bamboo or similar needles - the Captiva is very slippery
  • There is hours (literally) of finishing work (there is a lot of seaming that needs to be done neatly for it to look good!)

That said, it was a relatively easy knit and just required patience and persistence to finish off. The bottom edge curled up immediately the ribbon ties were fastened (not just the fronts - all the way around), so I did a crochet border to keep it sitting flat.

Mods/Notes:

  • back & fronts - 92 rows from gs edge to 16 1/2”
  • fronts - 4 rows is 1” from gs edge to start decreases
  • front neck extensions - 20 rows is 3 1/4”; don’t cast off - leave sts on holders to graft later to avoid that small seam in center back of neck
  • sleeves - cast on 66 sts; work 13 rows rib; decrease: p4, p2tog, p6, repeat from to last 6 sts, p2tog, p4 (58 sts); work 5 rows st st.; decrease: p14, p2tog, p12 twice, p2tog, p14 (55 sts); work further 16 rows st st (6” from beginning of sleeve before raglan shaping instead of 3”)
  • block to dimensions for size 36 except for sleeves - block to only 11” wide at ribbing, not 12”
  • Seaming done with DMC Satin Floss (S415) as I thought the Captiva would be very bulky - I divided the floss for the seaming: 3 strands for inserting the sleeves and the side & sleeve seams; 1 strand for sewing the casing in place
  • I could only find 3/8” and 7/8” gray grosgrain ribbon for this - the 7/8” fits perfectly inside the casing and makes it lie nice and flat around the neck
  • Crochet edging to keep bottom edge lying flat when ribbons are tied: DC into center of 2nd stitch from bottom all the way around

And the bottom edge rolls up as soon as you tie the ribbon. :(
I’ll try to improvise a crochet edging to see if that will help.

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60% Cotton, 23% Polyester, 17% Acrylic
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  • Originally queued: April 20, 2013
  • Project created: May 5, 2013
  • Finished: July 14, 2013
  • Updated: January 11, 2015
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