WENDYCARDIGAN - Enska

English version

Style WENDYCARDIGAN is a knitwear pattern instructions.

The pattern comes in a PDF file, and can be downloaded and printed from the computer.

Size chart

Size  XS    (S)     M     (L)     XL    (XXL)

1.Overall width (measured around hip)            

130 (136) 138 (144) 146  (148)

2.Length of body measured from armpit           

82   (88)   90   (92)    92     (92)

3.Lenght of sleeves measured from armpit        

38  (40)   42    (43)    43     (43)

The measurements are based on the cardigan after washing. The cardigan is designed to have approx 15 - 25 cm of positive ease, especially in the smaller sizes, but gradually less positive ease in the larger sizes.

Skills: Knit back and forth, increase, knit in round, pick up stitches.

Material 

Wild alpaca version:

Hand dyed Wild alpaca, the yarn is brushed baby suri alpaca from Thelma Steimann, its lightweight, super fluffy and soft to work with. Approx 225m/100gr in each skein.

Wild alpaca C1: 2 (2) 2 (2) 2 (2)

Wild alpaca C2: 1 (1) 1 (2) 2 (2)

(The cardigan requires the same amount of skeins when knitted in one colour)

Or 

Kid silk mohair version:

The Kid silk mohair version is perfect to put your leftover mohair to use. It’s also possible to knit the cardigan in solid colour. 

Kid silk mohair : 250-300 (250-300) 300- 350 (350- 400) 350- 400 (400- 450) gr 

The kid silk mohair is held 3 strands alongside 1 strand of Angel lace.

Hand dyed Angel light lace from Thelma Steimann, the yarn is airy and light yarn with a mixture of 80% extra fine merino and 20% Silk. The yarn works perfectly as an alternative to silk mohair. Approx 100g / 800 m in each skein.

Angel lace : 1 (1) 1 (2) 2 (2)

Yarn for hemline : 

Kid silk mohair : 1 (1) 1 (1) 1 (1)

Circular needles 40 and 80 / 100 cm in 10 mm for the sweater 

Circular needles 40 and 80 / 100 cm in 5 mm for the hemline, lining and cuffs 

Tapestry needle to weave in the ends

Keeping cord or scrappy yarn to keep resting sts

Stitch markers

4x buttons size 26 mm

Thread and needle to sew the buttons 

Tension gauge sample

Make sure to check your tension by creating a gauge swatch before starting your knit. Gauge: 11 stitches and 13 rows with Wild alpaca in height with stockinette with 10 mm needles for a 10 x 10 cm swatch. Everyone’s tension is different, so if your tension is too tight and your gauge swatch measures too little, change to a thicker needle. If your ten- sion is too loose and your gauge swatch is too wide, change to a thinner needle. 

Good to know

The cardigan is knitted top down and mostly worked back and forth, except for the sleeves that are knitted in round. The yoke is knitted back and forth with an increase until the cardigan has the right width. The sleeves are then set aside at the armpits and the body completed first. Then the sleeves are knitted in the round from the armpits. The button holes are part of the inner edge and are knitted last.

Read the pattern through before you start your project.

If you are working with Wild alpaca: 

I recommend you to alternate by working with two hanks at a time so the color blends more evenly in the project. When you knit with both hanks at the same time, you simply change them out in every second row (because you’re working back and forth). Here is a good example on how to do it if you’re not familiar with the technique:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtxBXfi5g6w

If you are working with Kid silk mohair and want to create ombre fade look:

The kid silk mohair version is knitted with three strands of mohair at the same time. To create the perfect fade use the same colour for all three (or some similar colors). When you run out of yarn or you feel like it’s time to change colour, cut the thread and add the next colour to play. But only cut one thread at the time, knit for a few rows before cutting the next one. If you change all colours at the same time, your leftover project will get stripes (that could also be another version of the cardigan) , but if you only go for one strand at every few rows, the colours fade more softly together.

Both Wild and the Kid silk version can be knitted in one solid colour. You will need same amount of yarn.