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This designer knitting pattern features cheerful suspender-style cables worked with the intarsia technique.

Complimentary StitchSaver™ Row Checker

Here is a fashionable design knit in one piece with cable bands that run from the back hem over the shoulder and down to the front hem. This pattern combines short row shaping, intarsia and stockinette to create a nicely tailored piece that will look great with jeans, a dressy skirt or under a sports coat.

This pattern is accompanied by our proprietary StitchSaver™ Row Checker and includes:

  • List of all abbreviations
  • Glossary of terms
  • Yarn recommendation
  • Instructions for yarn substitution
  • Schematic for accurate blocking
  • Link to Knitting Help on our web site

Yarn For Which Pattern Was Designed

  • Zitron’s Kimono, 54% Merino New Wool, 46% Mulberry Silk (NOTE: add weight?)

Three strands of mulberry silk wrapped merino are plied together to create Zitron Kimono. This unique combination of silk and wool produces gorgeous tone on tone coloration while the blending of fibers provides amazing texture and drape.

Yardage

  • S (M, L, XL) = 1,640(1,968, 1,968, 1,968) yards / 1,499.6(1,700.5, 1,700.5, 1,700.5) meters

Gauge

  • 25 sts and 34 rows = 4"/10cm, in stockinette

Needles & Notions

  • US4/3.5mm 16”/40cm circular
  • US3/3.25mm 16”/40cm circular

Sizes

  • Small – Finished Chest 39"/99cm
  • Medium – Finished Chest 41"/104.25cm
  • Large – Finished Chest 44.75"/113.75cm
  • X-Large – Finished Chest 48"/122cm

Yarn Substitution – Click Here

Depending on what you are knitting, consider some or all of the following when looking for a substitute yarn.

  • Gauge – Essential for proper fit
  • Hand – How your garment will drape
  • Elasticity – How well your knitting will maintain its shape
  • Feel – Degree of softness versus firmness Look – Specs for the yarn plus color, stitch definition, fabric
  • Ease of Knitting – Ease to create stitches and correct errors
  • Durability – Pilling, felting, long-term wear

StitchSaver™ Row Checker

"It is hard to make a mistake with our unique complimentary Row Checker. It helps you keep track of stitch count row-by-row for each section of the pattern, plus all increase and decrease shaping. With check off boxes for each row you can put this project aside for a week, a month or a year and return to the exact spot where you stopped."
- James

Delivery Info

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