SAVANNAH CARDIGAN

Measurements of the cardigan: Width: 89 (97) 106 (115) 124 (134) 144 cm
Length: 50 (51) 52 (54) 56 (58) 60 cm measured mid back incl. ribbing edge at the neckline.

Gauge: 16 stitches x 23 rows with brioche on needle 4,5 mm = 10 x 10 cm. Notice, that each row of brioche counts for two rows = 46 rows.

Suggested needles: Circular needle 4,5 mm (40 and/or 80 or 100 cm) and circular needle 4,0 mm (60 or 80 cm).

Make a gauge swatch before you start! It is important that you know your own gauge relative to the pattern to make sure that you end up with the right size.
Needle size is always suggestive, and you might have to go up or down a size to get the right gauge and the right measurements for the cardigan.

Suggested yarn: approx. 250-300 (300) 350 (350-400) 400-450 (450-500) 500-550 g Alpakka from Drops (50 g = 167 m) with 100-125 (125) 150 (150-175) 175-200 (200-225) 225-250 g Kid-Silk from Drops (25 g = 210 m). The two strands are knit together.

Buttons: Savannah Cardigan can be made both with and without buttons/buttonholes, which are made afterwards. You will need 5-8 buttons of 1,5 cm.

About the pattern: Savannah Cardigan is worked top down with brioche. First you cast on stitches which is divided into saddle shoulders, back- and front piece and ribbing edges along the front pieces. You knit back and forth. The body is slightly bulky and is worked with brioche and is finished with a broad ribbing edge, which is bound off with Italian bind off. The cardigan has balloon sleeves, that ends in a long tight ribbing edge. Buttonholes are made at the end.

Size guide: Savannah Cardigan should have a positive ease of approx. 10-15 cm relative to your chest measurements. The cardigan has a tight ribbing at the bottom, that fits closely to the body and therefore you can benefit from calculating with a little extra length, if you’d like the cardigans brioche part on the body to bulk a little.

Difficulty: Experienced intermediate

DANSK

Savannah Cardigan strikkes oppefra og ned i patent-strik. Først slås masker op, som deles op til sadelskuldre, ryg- og forstykker samt ribkanter langs forstykkerne. Der strikkes frem og tilbage. Kroppen er let voluminøs og strikkes frem og tilbage i patent og afsluttes med en bred ribkant, der aflukkes med italiensk aflukning. Cardiganen har ballonærmer, der samles i en lang, tætsiddende ribkant. Knaphuller laves til sidst.

Størrelser: XS (S) M (L) XL (2XL) 3XL

Størrelsesguide: Savannah Cardigan bør have et bevægelsesrum (positive ease) på ca. 10-15 cm i forhold til dit brystmål. Cardiganen har en stram rib forneden, der sidder tæt om kroppen, og derfor kan der med fordel beregnes lidt ekstra længde, hvis du gerne vil have cardiganens patentstykke på kroppen til at pose let.

Strikkefasthed: 16 masker x 23 pinde i helpatent på pind 4,5 mm = 10 x 10 cm. Bemærk, at hver pind patent tæller to pinde = 46 pinde.

Vejledende pinde: Rundpind 4,5 mm (40 og/eller 80 eller 100 cm) og rundpind 4,0 mm (60 eller 80 cm).

Sweaterens mål: Overvidde: 89 (97) 106 (115) 124 (134) 144 cm. Længde: 50 (51) 52 (54) 56 (58) 60 cm målt midt bag inkl. ribkant i halsen.

Garnforslag: ca. 250-300 (300-350) 350 (350-400) 400-450 (450) 500-600 g Alpakka fra Drops (50 g = 167 m) sammen med 100-125 (125) 150 (150-175) 175 (200) 200-225 g Kid-Silk fra Drops (25 g = 210 m). De to tråde strikkes sammen.

Sværhedsgrad: Over middel.