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Alku

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£5.76
Alku
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This top-down, cabled cardigan, named for “the beginning” in Finnish, features inset slit pockets. The front’s long, dramatic V-shape meets at the waist. Reverse stockinette triangles at the underarm create Alku’s A-line shaping.

FINISHED Circumference (worn fronts open): 35.5 (39.5, 43.5, 47.25, 51.25, 55, 59, 63, 67)” / 90 (100, 110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160, 170) cm

GAUGE19 sts and 24 rows = 4” / 10 cm in Stockinette stitch with larger US 6 / 4 mm needles.

22 sts and 24 rows = 4” / 10 cm in cable pattern with larger US 6 / 4 mm needles.

MATERIALSYarn: Tukuwool DK (100% Finnish wool, 100g – 273 yds / 250 m per skein). You need: 4 (5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 7, 7, 7) skeins or approx. 1070 (1160, 1300, 1400, 1490, 1620, 1720, 1830, 1920) yds / 975 (1050, 1190, 1270, 1360, 1480, 1570, 1670, 1750) m of DK weight yarn. The sample was knitted with colorway Rohto.

Craft
Knitting
Designer
Meiju Kallio
Format
Downloadable PDF
Language
English, Finnish
Number of patterns
1
Pages
30
Skill Level
Advanced