Fortune by Kim Hargreaves

Fortune

Knitting
January 1996
DK (11 wpi) ?
22 stitches and 30 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette stitch and purl chevron pattern
US 3 - 3.25 mm
US 6 - 4.0 mm
1000 - 1125 yards (914 - 1029 m)
English

SUMMARY: Fortune is a v-neck, waist-fitted, mid-hip length cardigan with long, fitted cap sleeves, worked in a chevron pattern of purl stitches on stockinette background. The bottom ribbing, button bands and cuffs are worked in Moss stitch, with the button bands worked separately and attached to the garment in the finishing stages. The waist-fitting is worked into the chevron pattern as long, vertical darts using a series of stitch decreases.

SIZES: Small (Medium).

TO FIT BUST: 38 (40)” / 96 (102) cm.

YARN REQUIREMENTS: Light-weight, DK or 8-ply yarn – 1000 (1125) yds / 912 (1026) m / 8 (9) balls.

SHOWN IN: Rowan Designer D.K., #636 Mauve.

NOTIONS: 7 buttons.

GRAPHS: 2 stitch pattern graphs.

CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES: increasing and decreasing in knitting, slip stitch and back stitch or mattress stitch seaming.

Neither the Pattern book nor yarn are available in the trade but can sometimes be located through online selling/trading sites.