open skies by Marion Crivelli

open skies

Knitting
February 2018
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
26 stitches and 30 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette stitch
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
US 4 - 3.5 mm
1100 - 1700 yards (1006 - 1554 m)
X
English French
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This sweater is knitted from top down seamlessly.
You will start with the rib neckline, then you will make
raglan increase, then separate body and sleeves, finally
you will knit the body in round to end.
There is lace on the neckline from the front. The back is
knitted in stockinette stitch with a little lace and
moss stitch in the center.
The sweater ends with a lace band.
The sleeves will be knitted in round in stockinette stitch
and end with lace.

● Finished Measurements:
a- Bust circumference: 33½ (37½, 41¼)45, 49, 53
inches; 85 (95, 105)115, 125,135 cm.
b- Yoke depth: 8½ (9, 9½)10, 10¼, 10½ inches; 22 (23,
24)25, 26, 27 cm.
c- Upper sleeve circumference: 11 (12, 13)14½, 16, 17
inches; 28 (30, 33)37, 40, 44 cm.
d- Sleeve length from underarm to cuff: 19½ inches;
50 cm.
e- Length from underarm to hem: 19 inches; 48 cm.

● Materials:
Yarn: 1100 (1100, 1250, 1400)1550, 1640, 1640 yards;
1000 (1000, 1100, 1250)1400, 1500, 1500 meters of
fingering yarn or other yarn for obtain gauge. The sample was
knitted in size S using Aphrodite by Lain’amourée - 70%
Alpaca, 20% Silk, 10% Cashmere – 437 yards; 400 meters –
colorway caramel au beurre salé.

Needle: US4; 3.5 mm and US2½; 3.00 mm circular needles
and dpns.

Other Notions: 12 Stitch markers, waste yarn, tapestry
needle for weaving.

● Gauge
Stockinette stitch: 26 sts and 30 rows to 4 inches; 10 cm on
US 4; 3.50 mm needles, after block.