Short Description: A plain fabric in fine, tweedy wool, accented by vertical bands of twist-stitch detail to add just the right touch of texture.
Gauge: 22 sts and 36 rows = 4 inches/10 cm in stockinette on larger needle (washed and dried flat)
Finished Measurements: cardigan: 36(39, 41.75, 44.75, 47.5, 50.5, 53.5, 56.25, 59.25, 62.25) inches/91.5(99, 106, 113.5, 120.5, 128.5, 136, 143, 150.5, 158) cm around chest (buttoned), to fit with 2 to 4 inches of ease
Materials Used: lightweight fingering yarn
Needle Size: "Size 6US (4.0 mm) for body (or size to obtain correct gauge)
size 3US (3.25 mm) for ribbed hems and button bands (or .75 mm smaller than gauge needle"
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Other Details: "Suggested Yarns: Bare Naked Wools Stone Soup Fingering, Breakfast Blend Fingering, or Ghillie Sock, Brooklyn Tweed Loft, Mountain Meadow Wool Dubois or Lilura, Elsa Wool Company Woolen-Spun Fingering Weight Cormo, Malsen og Mor Shetland Soft, Harrisville Designs Shetland, Jamieson’s Shetland Spindrift, or any light fingering yarn that knits to pattern gauge.
