intswemodo2013 #3

Kvetka means flower in Belorussian.

Photograph of the flower taken by me in my garden few month ago.
This purple flower is a part of succulent plant called Calandrinia. I love this wispy plant for its beautiful flowers and very easy care :-)

06.26.13
Knitting with 1 strand of Linen and 2 strands of Merino.
This will be a topdown seamless raglan sweater with some lace detail for summer/spring/early fall wear (or all year round in San Diego ;-)

07.23.13
The sweater is done and I love the result. Using linen and merino blend worked wonderful. I will definitely mix those two yarns together again.

I love how this sweater turned out. It was fun to design and to knit. The stitch pattern looks like little cables, but it is not cables at all, but a lace stitich that looks like little flowers. Very addictive lace stitch that keeps the project interesting throughout.

Blogged.

The pattern is written and ready to be test knitted.
The sweater knitted seamless topdown and has raglan sleeves. Sleeves and body knitted seamless in the raglan area, but after separation for body and sleeves, body is knitted seamless and sleeves are knitted flat and later sewn. The sweater also has fake side and raglan seams

For this test knit you will need a fingering or sport weight yarn.
The gauge is 24 sts x 28 rows in 10cm x 10 cm in st. st.

Deadline for this test knit is August 31st.

Please only volunteer for this test knit if you are comfortable working with English language instructions and able to meet deadline. Thank you so much for understanding.

Sizes available:

Bust/chest circumference
XS, S, M, L/XL, XXL
(32/34, 36, 38, 40/42, 44/46)’’
(81.5/86.5, 91.5, 96.5, 101.5/106.5, 112/117)cm

Please send me a message if you are interested and let me know what size you will be testing. Also, include your email address so I can send you the PDF

Helping me out with this test knit:

Kjord (XS)
lenanikolayeva (XS)
clairesoleil (XS)

Ruda(S)
Svetilnik (S)
concitta (S)

lenalillMelkebart (M)
AnnaM (M)
chau7 (knucna) (M)
safran (M)

steewa (L)

MiroSveta (XXL)

test knitting Kvetka as a dress is krumel

Test knitting thread in my group is here.