Idalou by Laura Aylor

Idalou

Knitting
July 2024
DK (11 wpi) ?
18 stitches and 24 rows = 4 inches
in blocked stockinette
US 7 - 4.5 mm
355 - 700 yards (325 - 640 m)
see notes and schematic
English
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A sweet little open-front raglan cardi to wear over summer dresses and tops. Top-down and seamless with some lace and texture details at the edges and a picot bind-off. Designed to have very little front coverage - there will obviously be less coverage for those with larger busts. Modeled with 2-3 inches of positive ease.

Skills required
Long-tail cast-on
Backwards-loop cast-on
Increasing
Decreasing
Yarn overs
Picking up stitches (underarms)
Knitted-on cast-on (for picots)

Sizes and yardage
Bust given is 2 times actual garment measurement across back at underarms. The fronts do not meet.
XXS, (XS, S, M1, M2), {M3, L, XL, XXL, XXXL}
Bust 30.7, (33.3, 36, 38.7, 42.2), {45.8, 49.3, 52.9, 56.4, 60}
Yardage 355, (390, 420, 450, 490), {530, 570, 615, 650, 700}

Materials
DK-weight yarn in amount given above. Sample was knit in madelinetosh Wool + Cotton (50% superwash merino wool/50% pima cotton)
US 7/4.5 mm needles or size needed to obtain gauge. You will also need needles for your
preferred method of working small circumferences for the sleeves
Stitch markers
Measuring tape
Tapestry needle for weaving in ends
Blocking supplies

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