Café Au Lait by Emily Johannes

Café Au Lait

Knitting
August 2017
DK (11 wpi) ?
21 stitches and 29 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette
US 6 - 4.0 mm
816 - 1632 yards (746 - 1492 m)
XXS (XS, S, M, L, XL, XXL)
English
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Café Au Lait, when you want the comfort of a sweater with the ease of a vest. Perfect for layering, easily worn open, pinned or use a cute belt.

Oversized fit for easy layering, with a generous draped shawl collar that can be worn folded, pinned, or scrunched.

For a slimmer fit, size down once.

Lower body is knit in one piece to the armholes where the back and fronts are divided and continued separately with shaping. The collar is continued from the fronts, sewn together and stitched to the back neck. Armhole finishing is picked up and worked from the armholes.

Size: XXS (XS, S, M, L, XL, XXL)

Finished bust: 36 (38, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56)”/91.5 (96.5, 101.5, 111.5, 122, 132, 142)cm including 4”/10cm of extra front fabric for the collar
Length: 22 (22, 23, 23, 23, 24, 24)”/ 56 (56, 58.5, 58.5, 58.5, 61, 61)cm

Yarn: 6 (6, 7, 7, 9, 11, 12) skeins Trendsetter Yarns Merino VI (100% extrafine merino wool superwash – 136yds/124m; 50g/1.75oz) shown in 8895 Sand

Needles: US 6 (4mm) 28-60”/71-152cm circular needle, 20-28”/51-71cm circulars (optional), double point needles for armholes, or size to obtain gauge

2 st markers, 2 long and 4 short st holders or waste yarn, tapestry needle

Gauge: 21 sts and 29 rows = 4”/10cm in stockinette, after blocking