Whales by Nicolina Lindsten

Whales

Knitting
June 2013
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
27.5 stitches and 38.5 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette stitch
US 1½ - 2.5 mm
372 - 919 yards (340 - 840 m)
Finished chest: 49 (53, 56, 59, 61, 65, 69) 74 cm 6 months (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8) 10 years
English

Sizes
6 months (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8) 10 years.
Finished chest: 49 (53, 56, 59, 61, 65, 69) 74 cm.
Sleeve length: 15(18, 20, 23, 25, 28, 31) 35 cm.

This cardigan is intended to be worn with 5 cm positive ease.

Yarn
Drops, Baby alpaca silk, 70% Alpaca, 30% Silk (167 m/ 50 g).

You can use a different, fingering weight yarn and get a similar result as long as you gauge is correct.
Buttons
6(7, 7, 8, 9, 9, 10) 11; 12-14 mm in diameter buttons.

Yardage
Main colour, Turquoise: 340(400, 480, 540, 600, 660, 750) 840 meter
Border background, Blue: 30(30, 40, 40, 40, 50, 50) 50 meter
Contrasting colour, White: 17(17, 21, 21, 21, 26, 26) 26 meter

Gauge
27.5 st and 38.5 rows / 10 cm in stockinet st.
34 st / 10 cm in unstreched 1/1 ribbing.

Needles
2.5 mm or to obtain gauge