Silk Tweed by Lidia Karabinech

Silk Tweed

Knitting
August 2001
Sport (12 wpi) ?
28 stitches and 42 rows = 4 inches
in Diagonal pattern stitch on smaller needles
US 3 - 3.25 mm
US 4 - 3.5 mm
3.5 mm (E)
1312 - 1750 yards (1200 - 1600 m)
40.5"
English

“…A Diagonal stitch pattern, shaped body, tapered set-in sleeves, a bit of splash in the neckline fringe….The pieces are worked back and forth, and then sewn together. The neck is worked in the round and finished off with a short fringe. The combination of the wool silk tweed yarn and the snug diagonal stitch pattern gives this sweater a pleasant firmness…”.