Softly Comes Spring by Janine Whale (Conexus Knits)

Softly Comes Spring

Knitting
October 2019
yarn held together
Light Fingering
+ Lace
= DK (11 wpi) ?
20 stitches and 28 rows = 4 inches
in 20 st and 28 rounds in 10cm (4 inches)
US 7 - 4.5 mm
US 5 - 3.75 mm
915 - 1742 yards (837 - 1593 m)
to fit 71cm to 158cm bust
English
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This Raglan sweater is all about the yarn! It features a wide mock cable ribbing. It is knitted with two strands of yarn held together: one strand of 3ply wool and one strand of lace weight silk/mohair blend. The silk/mohair blend was variegated, while the 3 ply was of a single tone, and this produces a muted variegated effect. It is designed to be worn with 10-15cm ease. The bottom of the garment sits 10cm below natural waist. The sweater is a good staple wardrobe piece and highlights the soft haze of the yarn.

Construction Notes:
The garment is knitted top-down seamlessly. Initially, the yoke is worked back and forth in rows with shaping the along raglan seams and additional shaping along the front neckline edges. Stitches are then cast on along the base of the front neckline, and the yoke is then joined in the round. After raglan shaping the sleeve stitches are held on waste yarn while body is knitted down to the ribbing. Sleeve stitches are then picked up and the sleeves knitted top-down in the round to the cuff.

Sizes
#sizeinclusive : This pattern has 18 sizes designed for 71 cm to 158cm bust. Sizes are colour coded for ease of reading according to size. The pattern is written in two parts - Part one for sizes 1 to 9 and Part two for sizes 10 to 18:

Finished garment bust circumference is: 86 (91, 96, 101, 107, 112, 117, 121, 127),130 (135, 140, 145, 149, 154, 157, 162, 167) cm or 33.75 (35.75, 37.75, 39.75, 42, 44, 45.75, 47.5, 49.75), 51.25 (53.25, 55, 57, 58.75, 60.75, 61.75, 63.75, 65.75) inches

Skills required
Knit and purl, cast-on and bind-off.
Increasing, decreasing, picking up stitches
Knitting in the round, working small circumferences in the round on DPN or with magic loop method.

Gauge:
20 st / 28 rounds = 4 inches (10cm) square in stockinette stitch worked in the round using 4.5mm /U.S. size 7 needles after washing and blocking.

Materials:
Yarn:
Miro Yarn Tender (70% kid mohair/ 30% silk) 425m /465 yd per /50g); colour Gin and Tonic;
2 (2,3,3,3,3,3,3,3) 3(3,3,4,4,4,4,4,4) skeins
832(855,892,926,990,1017,1074,1083,1163) 1185(1263,1278,1342,1383,1460,1457,1540,1556)m 907932,973,1010,1080,1109,1172,1182,126912931379,1395,1465,1510,1594,1631,1661,1698
yd

Ashford Tekapo 3 ply 100% wool 454m/496yd per 100g); Shade 902 (Biscotti); 2(2,2,3,3,3,3,3,3) 3(3,3,4,4,4,4,4,4) balls
836(861,900,936,1002,1030,1090,1099,1183)1205(1288,1304,1370,1413,1493,1521,1577,1593)m 915(942,984,1023,1096,1126,1192,1202,1293)1318(1408,1426,1499,1546,1633,1660,1724,1742yd