Samurai by Marianne Isager

Samurai

Knitting
November 2024
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
20 stitches and 32 rows = 4 inches
US 2 - 2.75 mm
US 4 - 3.5 mm
1 (2, 3, 4, 5)
Danish English

SIZES: 1 (2, 3, 4, 5)

MATERIALS:
200 (250, 250, 250, 300) g Isager Tvinni or Isager Highland
100 (150, 150, 175, 175) g Isager Silk Mohair
If the sweater is knitted using 3 different colors, then 50 (50, 50, 75, 75) g of Silk Mohair are needed for each color.
The design can also be knitted using just one color in either Tvinni or Highland held together with one strand of a matching color in Silk Mohair.

RECOMMENDED COLORS:
Tvinni, Color 7s + Silk Mohair for Color A (3s), for Color B (63), for Color C (62) Tvinni, Color 8s + Silk Mohair for Color A (60), for Color B (63), for Color C (69)
1 strand of Jensen Yarn also matches the gauge if it is desired to knit a man’s sweater.

MATERIALS for Man’s sweater:
500 (550) 600 (650) 700 g Jensen Yarn

MEASUREMENTS:
Chest Circumference: 98 (114, 128, 142, 158) cm or 39 (45, 50, 56, 62) inches
Total Length: 45 (55, 65) cm or 18 (22, 26) inches + cuff
Inner armlength: 35 (40, 45) or 14 (16,18) inches
Depth of Armhole: 20 (25) cm or 8 (10) inches
The specified yarn quantities may vary depending upon the desired width and length. Therefore, the following quantities are to be considered as only a suggestion.

CONSTRUCTION NOTES
Begin work on the Front from the bottom up to the neckline and then work the Back without the neckline. Block both pieces. Join the shoulders together and then pick up stitches around the armholes for the Sleeves. Join the side seams and Sleeve seams using mattress stitch and then, lastly, work the collar.

RECOMMENDED NEEDLE SIZE
3.5 mm (US 4)
3 mm (US 2) for the bands

GUAGE
20 stitches = 10 cm
32 rows = 10 cm