Octopetala by Nadezhda Koroleva

Octopetala

Knitting
March 2020
Bulky (7 wpi) ?
16 stitches and 20 rows = 4 inches
in 16 stitches & 20 rows = 10 cm (4 inches) in stockinette on 5 mm needles for the yoke and body, after blocking
US 8 - 5.0 mm
US 7 - 4.5 mm
766 - 1640 yards (700 - 1500 m)
13 sizes: 2XS, (XS, S, M, L, L+, XL, 2XL, 2XL+, 3XL, 3XL+, 4XL, 5XL)
English
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VIDEO TUTORIALS:

Attaching contrasting color on the wrong side and purling colorwork
Knit front back with 2 colors at the beginning of the row
The video of how I made increases on the WS (it is not often, probably 1 row only) but still is here
Increase on the wrong side

13 sizes: 2XS, (XS, S, M, L, L+, XL, 2XL, 2XL+, 3XL, 3XL+, 4XL, 5XL).

For bust/hips circumference (the measures of the body):

2XS: 63-69 cm /25-27”
XS: 71-76 cm /28-30”
S: 81-89 cm /32-35”
M: 91-96 cm /36-38”
L: 101-106.5 cm /40-42”
L+: 107-110 cm /42-43”
XL: 111-117 cm /44-46”
2XL: 122-127 cm /48-50”
2XL+: 128-131 cm /50-51.5”
3XL: 132-137 cm /52-54”
3XL+: 138-141 cm /54-55.5”
4XL: 142-147 cm /56-57.8”
5XL: 152-158 cm /59.8-62”

Cardigan has included ease: 5 cm 2” for width. Measures above are the measures of the body.
Sample shown in size S (model bust circumference is 88 cm).

This is the botanical cardigan inspired by one specific flower called Dryas Octopetala.
Dryas octopetala (common names include mountain avens, eightpetal mountain-avens, white dryas, and white dryad) is an Arctic–alpine flowering plant in the family Rosaceae.
It is a small prostrate evergreen subshrub forming large colonies. The specific epithet octopetala derives from the Greek octo (eight) and petalon (petal), referring to the eight petals of the flower, an unusual number in the Rosaceae, where five is the normal number. However, flowers with up to 16 petals also occur naturally.
As a floral emblem, it is the official territorial flower of the Northwest Territories and the national flower of Iceland.

Cardigan is started with the provisional cast-on using a crochet hook. The whole cardigan is worked flat
top-down. Sleeves are worked in the round. Increases in the yoke are made mainly on RS row, so you
make them using M1L, M1R or KFB as it is said in the pattern.