#23 Gingerbread Cookie Cardigan by Michael Simon

#23 Gingerbread Cookie Cardigan

Knitting
October 1992
Aran (8 wpi) ?
21 stitches and 29 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette Stitch with MC using size 7 needles
1100 - 1400 yards (1006 - 1280 m)
Small ( Medium, Large )
English

“Oversized, boxy cardigan with raglan armholes and applied, embroidered and beaded gingerbread motifs, and twisted, bi-colored, corded trim”

10 ( 11, 13 ) 1 3/4oz/50g balls (110yd/100m) of Reynolds Paterna Handknitting Yarn (wool sz 3) in #50 Black
1 ball in #5 White (MC)
19 8yd/7.4m skeins of Paternayan Persian Yarn in #424 Brown (A)
6 skeins in #261 White (B)
12 skeins in #220 Black (C)
1 skein each in #311 Purple (D), #591 Turquoise (E), #612 Green (F), #726 Yellow (G), #942 Pink (H), #969 Red (J)
Four 3/4”/20mm buttons
Assorted bugle and strung beads
Matching thread
Cable needle

Finished bust at underarm (buttoned)
42 ( 46, 50 ) in / 106.5 ( 117, 127 )
Length
19 1/2 ( 20 1/2, 21 1/2 ) in / 49.5 ( 52, 54.5 ) cm
Sleeve width at upper arm
16 ( 17, 17 3/4 ) in / 41.5 ( 43, 45 ) cm