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- Complete step-by-step instructions
- A list of everything you’ll need
- Tips, diagrams, and charts for proper sizing and shaping
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Getting Started
With texture on the body and stripes on the sleeves, this sweater offers plenty of variety. It features a unique double-knit edging to frame the zipper placket, so sewing in the zipper is a cinch.
The sweater is knit flat in pieces. The body is made with a solid color in a cable pattern. The sleeves are worked in stripes.
The easiest way to select a size for a sweater is to measure a favorite garment. If this isn't possible, the table at the end of the instructions will help you select a size. Use the table as a guide, but measure the recipient for best results. The illustration that accompanies the table will show you how.
Skill Level
- Intermediate
Materials
- Approximate total, 1280 (1360, 1440, 1520, 1600, 1760, 1920, 2080)yd/1165 (1238, 1310, 1383, 1456, 1602, 1747, 1893)m 100% alpaca light worsted weight yarn
- Color A, 240 (255, 270, 285, 300, 330, 360, 390)yd/218 (232, 246, 259, 273, 300, 328, 355)m in light tan
- Color B, 240 (255, 270, 285, 300, 330, 360, 390)yd/218 (232, 246, 259, 273, 300, 328, 355)m in brown
- Color C, 800 (850, 900, 950, 1000, 1100, 1200, 1300)yd/728 (774, 819, 865, 910, 1001, 1092, 1183)m in copper
Tools & Supplies
- Knitting needles, 4mm (Size 6 U.S.) or size to obtain gauge
- Knitting needles, 3.75mm (Size 5 U.S.)
- 7 to 10"/18 to 25.5cm zipper (depending on size of sweater)
- Sewing needle and thread to match B
- 2 stitch holders
- Darning needle to weave in ends
Gauge
- 5.25 sts and 7 rows = 1"/2.5cm in Chart A Cable Patt using 4mm (Size 6 U.S.) needles
- 5 sts and 7 rows = 1"/2.5cm in Chart B Patt using 4mm (Size 6 U.S.) needles
- Always take time to check your gauge.
Special Pattern Stitches & Techniques
I-Cord Bind Off
- Cast on 2 sts at start of row using Cable Cast On. (K2, k2togLS. Slip 3 sts from RH needle back onto LH needle. Pull yarn taut across back of work.) Repeat across work until 3 sts rem, k3tog-LS.
Double-Knit Slipped St (DKSS) Edge
- Row 1 (RS): K1, wyif sl1, k1, work to last 3 sts, k1, wyif sl1, k1.
- Row 2 (WS): Wyif sl1, k1, wyif sl1, work to last 3 sts, wyif sl1, k1, wyif sl1.
- On RS rows wyif means yarn to the RS of work. On WS rows wyif means yarn to the WS of work.
- Rep rows 1 and 2 for patt.
Material Used in Featured Sweater
- Blue Sky Alpacas’ Sport Weight, 100% Alpaca, 110yd/100m, 1.75oz/50g per skein
- Color A, 2 (2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4) skeins of color 004, Natural Lt Tan
- Color B, 2 (2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4) skeins of color 008, Natural Strky Brown
- Color C, 7 (8, 8, 9, 9, 3, 3, 12) skeins of color 002, Natural Copper
Finished Measurements
- Chest: 32 (34, 36, 38, 40, 44, 48, 52)"/81.5 (86.5, 91.5, 96.5, 101.5, 112, 122, 132)cm
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