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Abraxas
5 for 4 – if you buy any 5 Åsa Tricosa patterns at the same time you get the least expensive one for free.
This pattern is one of 17 designs in the NEW Ziggurats · Colour & Texture (published September 2025).
Please note: the purchase of Abraxas as a digital pattern cannot be counted toward a later purchase of the book
Abraxas has inviting texture, overlapping fronts, no buttons, and a slightly swingy shape that is easy to wear.
The shape and drape work equally well with the cardigan worn casually open or elegantly overlapping, perhaps fastened with a clasp or brooch.
The unusual collar is knitted along the back neck, then folded and fused into a broad buttonband that is worked along with the fronts and the rest of the body. Everything at once as usual!
Fun fact: I designed Abraxas after being introduced to Balayage, a collaboration between Melanie Berg and Pascuali. I actually got to know Pascuali and the yarn at Melanie’s fabulous wedding party! Good memories and an auspicious beginning for the design! Balayage is a lovely yarn that somehow creates both drape and stitch definition.
Like all Ziggurats, Abraxas is knitted top down with contiguous sleeve caps, built-in buttonbands, and no seaming or finishing apart from weaving in a few ends.
Sizes
(1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5) (6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10)
Garment Shoulder Width
(32 · 33 · 35 · 36.5 · 37.5) (39 · 40 · 41.5 · 42 · 43) cm
(12.5 · 13 · 13.75 · 14.25 · 14.75) (15.25 · 15.75 · 16.25 · 16.5 · 17)“
Garment Bust Measurement with approx 5 cm /2” ease
(84 · 89 · 95 · 102.5 · 107.5) (112.5 · 117.5 · 122.5 · 129 · 137.5) cm
(33 · 35 · 37.5 · 40.25 · 42.25) (44.25 · 46.25 · 48.25 · 50.75 · 54.25) inches
Yarn
Pascuali Balayage (80 Alpaca, 20% Organic Merino, 175 m / 190 yds per 50 g); colour: Nazca (616) x (8 · 9 · 9 · 10 · 11) (11 · 11 · 12 · 13 · 14) balls
Approx yardage
(1350 · 1450 · 1600 · 1700 · 1800) (1850 · 1950 · 2100 · 2250 · 2400) m
(1450 · 1550 · 1700 · 1850 · 1950) (2000 · 2100 · 2250 · 2400 · 2600) yds
Helpful links to techniques used in the pattern
Winding Provisional Cast On
M1R/M1L
Crochet Cast On
German Short Rows
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