Emale
Finished
November 7, 2015
January 17, 2016

Emale

Project info
Knitting
my mom
44
Needles & yarn
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
Hansa Farm Baby Alpaca 100 (DK)
198 yards in stash
16.18 skeins = 1763.6 yards (1612.7 meters), 809 grams
2K8841
Red
Fairalpaka
June 29, 2015
Notes

Inspired by Roosevelt Cardigan and Saddleback Cardigan
Cables from Zopfmuster by Carla Scott.

Started with left front: CO 81 sts.
Pocket lining: CO 50 sts (too much, 48 should be better)
K 24 rows, join to left front.

First neck decrease at row 9 of the 8th pattern repeat:
k2tog every 4 rows.
Started armhole shaping 4 rows later:

  1. dec row: dec 8 sts
  2. dec row: dec 3 sts

Started shaping shoulder at row 13 of the 12th pattern repeat:

  1. RS row: dec 11
  2. RS row: dec 20
  3. RS row: dec 12

24.11.2015

Back: CO 146 sts (Cable pattern 74 sts + 2 x 36 in stockinette stitch)

28.11.2015

Armhole shaping:

  1. dec. 6
  2. dec. 2
    • … dec. 1 st 7 times

30.11.2015

Started neck and shouder shaping at row 7 of the 12th pattern repeat:
1. row (RS): BO 10 sts, k 21 sts, BO 52 sts, k to the end.

Left shoulder:

  1. row (WS): BO 10 sts, k to end.
  2. row (RS): BO 2 sts, k to end.
  3. row (WS): BO 9 sts, k to end.
  4. row (RS): k to end.
  5. row (WS): BO 10 sts.

Right shoulder:

  1. row (WS): BO 2 sts, k to end.
  2. row (RS): BO 9 sts, k to end.
  3. row (WS): k to end.
  4. row (RS): BO 10 sts.

17.12.2015

Finished collar.

18.12.2015

Sleeves
Left sleeve:

back: picked up 53 sts
front: picked up 55 sts
TOO WIDE!

20.12.2015

Right sleeve:
picked up 47 sts front and back = 94 sts
Started decreases at round 24.
Dec. 3 x 2 every 8 rds.
Dec. 10 x 2 every 7 rds

27.12.2015

Started second sleeve.
Last dec. at rd 126.

10.01.2016

Last row of sleeve knitted with fingering weight yarn (66 sts) leaving sitches on the needle.

Cuff is knitted horizontally joined directly to the sleeve.
CO 31 sts on the second needle. Pattern repeat: 16 rows.

Right side row: Knitted 30 sts following pattern row -1. Knitted the last stitch together with the first sleeve stitch using ssl-method.
Left side row: Slipped the next sleeve st on the cuff-needle, purled two together through back loop (p2tog tbl), followed pattern up until the end of the row.

Repeated these two rows with pattern rows 1 - 16 until all sleeve stitches are joined with the cuff.

Exception in pattern rows 4 and 12: skip (p2tog tbl), slip the first st of the cuff needle. Follow the pattern.

Used 3-needle-bind-off.

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Finished
November 7, 2015
January 17, 2016
 
About this pattern
Personal pattern (not in Ravelry)
About this yarn
by Hansa Farm
DK
100% Alpaca
109 yards / 50 grams

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  • Project created: November 6, 2015
  • Finished: January 17, 2016
  • Updated: June 7, 2016
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