Friday, June 3, 2022, Issue 250: Happy Friday!!

It is summer but a great cardigan is always a must!

Elah by Isabell Kraemer is a cosy cardigan, nicely thick, so that it can easily be layered as a jacket, but with its delicate leafy lace pattern it goes just as well with a summer dress.

Elah is worked seamlessly from the top down. Fronts are worked in lace pattern, while the back is worked in Stockinette stitch. Knitting starts with the provisional cast on of the shoulders for the fronts (you will first work the right front, then the left front). Once the short row shaped shoulder slope is done, the front is worked flat to underarm. Shoulder stitches are picked up from the provisional CO of both front shoulders to work the back to the same length. At underarm both fronts and back are joined to work the body top down back and forth to the bottom hem. As the front ribbing is built in, there is no finishing required. Sleeve stitches are picked up around the arm openings to work the sleeves in Stockinette stitch top down in rounds to the cuffs.

Yarn:
approximately 935 (1034, 1089, 1184, 1257)(1348, 1417, 1525, 1609) yds/ 855 (945, 995, 1082, 1149)(1232, 1295, 1394, 1471) m
of a worsted weight yarn that gives you the correct gauge (for the second sample she used NAVIA Trio)

Needles:
US 7 (4.5 mm) 40” (100 cm) circular needle and DPNs (or longer circular needle for magic loop) for sleeve and body ribbings.
US 8 (5 mm) 40” (100 cm) circular needle and DPNs (or longer circular needle for magic loop) for body and sleeves.
needle sizes are suggestions only:
please make a gauge swatch to determine the needle size needed to get gauge

Gauge:
18 sts x 26 rows = 4” (10 cm) square in Stockinette stitch on larger needle after blocking.
20 sts x 20 rows (2 pattern repeats) = 4.25” x 3” (11 cm x 7.5 cm) in lace pattern on larger needle after blocking

Sizes:
1 (2, 3, 4, 5)(6, 7, 8, 9)
finished bust circumference:
43 (47.5, 49.5, 53.75, 55.5)(60, 61.75, 66.25, 70.75)“
107.5 (119, 123, 134.5, 139)(150, 154.5, 165.5, 176.5) cm
Recommended ease: 10 - 12” (25.5 - 30.5 cm)
Sample is worn with approximately 11” (28 cm) of positive ease at bust

A few Kits can be found HERE. Kit includes:

• Navia Trio or Navia Sock x 8 skeins (1048 yds), enough for size 1-2. Order more for larger sizes or ask me to break up a kit to create a smaller kit.
• Pattern is not included but can be purchased from Ravelry HERE.

There are many other choices that you can use! Cascade 220 Heathers, Berroco Ultra Alpaca, Berroco Vintage or The Fibre Co. Cumbria to name a few.

Why Knot? by Rachel Illsley is a drapey tee featuring lateral braids, dropped stitch textures and seed stitch patterns combined to create an airy addition to your warmer weather wardrobe.

This garment is worked top-down, in the round. Open textures are created throughout most of the yoke using Lateral Braids, yarn overs, dropped stitches and a seed stitch pattern. Once the yoke is completed, stitches are separated into body and sleeves, both of which are also worked top-down, in the round. The body starts by working short row shaping into the back of the tee, with the short row turns hidden along the underarm cast on stitches. The body is worked in stockinette, with a textured waistband that follows the same patterns as the yoke. The sleeves are short and worked in the same style as the body: stockinette followed by a textured knit cuff.

Sample:
The wearer is 5’10” / 178cm with a 37” / 92.5cm chest circumference. The sample has been worked in size L, giving the wearer 8.75” / 22cm of positive ease at the chest.

Sizing Guide:
This garment is graded into sizes XS (S, M, L, XL) (2XL, 3XL, 4XL, 5XL). Recommended positive ease is 4-10” / 10-25cm at the chest circumference.
Finished Garment Chest Circumference: 34.25 (38.25, 41.75, 45.75, 50) (54.25, 57.5, 61.75, 65)“ / 85.5 (96, 104, 114.5, 125) (135.5, 144, 154, 162.5) cm.

Gauge:
Using 4mm / US size 6 needles, or needle size required to meet gauge, 24 stitches over 28 rounds in stockinette stitch, blocked, creates a 4x4”/10x10cm square.

Yarn: (includes ~10% excess) fingering weight
714 (769, 841, 899, 980) (1056, 1106, 1212, 1260) metres
781 (841, 920, 984, 1072) (1155, 1209, 1326, 1379) yards
168 (181, 198, 212, 231) (248, 260, 285, 297) grams

Cathy (cnfamigli) used West Yorkshire Spinners Exquisite 4 Ply for her test knit in 438 Regal.

Join us for our Ranunculus Knit-Along (free) that is also open to everyone to do on your own as well. Sign up! Post your finished projects with the hashtag #sue2knitsranunculuskal and #sue2knitskal for a chance to win a prize! We will draw our winners on July 31st from the hashtags!