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Noctilucent Clouds pullover
It is a surprisingly quick and easy project at a very loose gauge with big size needles. The combination of thin yarn and big needle gives light, fluffy, transparent and airy texture to this pullover. Noctilucent Clouds pullover is worked seamlessly top down with a 3/4 length sleeves and you can easily decide about length of body and sleeves during knitting process.
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Positive ease is from about 30 cm by someone who usually use to worm size XS-S, and pullover will fit until XL -XXL, but with smaller positive ease of course.
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Needle
Circular 40 cm needle 5mm/ US8 -for sleeves / part of yoke Circular 80 cm needle 4.5 mm /US 7 - for body
Crochet hook 4.5 mm
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Gauge
Loose gauge.
General gauge for Noctilucent Clouds pullover: ca 15 stitches 24/25 rows in Stockinette stitch field on the Body part, but it’s It’s no special gauge required. Pullover is knitted with a big size needles to get cloudy effect and can be knitted with needle nr 6 /US 9 if you would like to get more fluffy and clouds likely fabric. But the size will be a bitt larger then.
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Measurement
Lying flatt but not overstretched, after washing and lightly blocking:
From underarm until underarm: about 61 cm /24.01 in
From centre of neckline to down (front): about 51 cm /20.01 in
From centre of neckline to down (back) about 53cm/20.86 in
From underarm to cuff(sleeve): about 30 cm /11.81in
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