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We're here to help you stitch sustainability into every aspect of your making.
With our carefully curated selection of non-superwash, plastic-free yarns and notions, we have everything you need to get started on your next project - and the one after that.
Here's to a wardrobe of knits we love and want to wear for years to come!
The Confetti Plaid Cardigan is maximalism at its best: Plaids and checks and chunky cables, all combined into a glorious celebration of colors and rainbows!
Confetti Plaid is worked flat from the top down in individual pieces. The body pieces, mostly in stockinette, intarsia and cables, are then blocked and seamed together. The ribbed hem and garter stitch shawl collar are worked flat after picking up stitches. A sleeve gusset ensures a great fit of the sleeves that are worked in the round. An optional belt can be added.
Jill Thompson Beach
Brooklyn Tweed Tones Light
This pattern is available in Making Stories Magazine Issue 13, Confetti & Rainbows.
SIZES
1 (2, 3, 4, 5) [6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
Finished bust circumference: 101 (103.5, 108.5, 119.5, 125) [130.5, 136.5, 150, 152, 163] cm / 39.75 (40.75, 42.75, 47, 49.25) [51.5, 53.75, 59, 59.75, 64.25]” – recommended to be worn with 15-30 cm / 6-12” of positive ease at the bust.
YARN
Brooklyn Tweed Tones Light (100% Columbia wool; 206 metres / 225 yards per 50 g)
MC: 895 (910, 975, 1035, 1065) [1095, 1170, 1240, 1290, 1390] metres / 980 (1000, 1070, 1135, 1165) [1200, 1280, 1360, 1415, 1515] yards
CC1: 445 (450, 485, 515, 530) [545, 580, 615, 640, 690] metres / 490 (495, 535, 565, 580) [600, 635, 675, 700, 755] yards
CC2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 & 11: 40 (40, 40, 45, 45) [45, 50, 50, 55, 55] metres / 45 (45, 45, 50, 50) [50, 55, 55, 65, 65] yards
Sample shown is knit in colourways Baseline Overtone (MC; lighter); Baseline Undertone (CC1; darker); Nimbus pair (CC2 & CC3); Granita pair (CC4 & CC5); Goldfinch pair (CC6 & CC7); Persimmon pair (CC8 & CC9), & Lychee pair (CC10 & CC11). Francesca wears a size 6 with 20.5 cm / 8” of positive ease.
NEEDLES
3.75 mm / US 5 circular needle with a cable length of at least 80 cm / 32” (or needle size to obtain gauge)
3.25 mm / US 3 circular needle with a cable length of at least 80 cm / 32” (or needle size one to two sizes smaller than gauge-size needle)
You will also need the needle sizes above in your preferred format for small-circumference knitting.
GAUGE
21 sts x 34 rows/rounds = 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4” (worked flat and in the round, in stockinette stitch, on larger needle, after blocking)
21.5 sts x 37 rows = 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4” (worked flat, in intarsia stitch, on larger needle, after blocking)
21 sts x 36 rows = 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4” (worked flat and in the round, in 1x1 ribbing, on smaller needle, after blocking)
Chart B is 18 sts and 5.5 cm / 2.25” wide
NOTIONS
• Blocking tools (blocking mats, t-pins, blocking wires)
• Cable needle
• Darning needle
• Removable stitch markers (optional)
• Scrap yarn
• Stitch markers
• Tape measure
SKILLS & TECHNIQUES
• German Twisted Cast-On
• Intarsia
• Cables
• Wrap & Turn Short Rows
• Jeny’s Surprisingly Stretchy Bind-Off
• Seaming
• Reading your knitting
CONTRIBUTORS
• Model: Francesca Korff
• Photography: Melinda Dela Costa
• Tech Editing: Jen Hurley & Jessica Schwab
• Graphic Design: Camille Romano
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
• Back neck width: 20 (21, 22, 22, 24) [24, 25.5, 25.5, 25.5, 25.5] cm / 7.75 (8.25, 8.75, 8.75, 9.5) [9.5, 10, 10, 10, 10]”
• Armhole depth: 19.5 (20.5, 21.5, 22, 22.5) [24, 25, 26.5, 30.5, 31.5] cm / 7.75 (8, 8.5, 8.75, 8.75) [9.5, 9.75, 10.5, 12, 12.5]”
• Bust circumference: 94(104, 109, 120.5, 126) [131.75, 137.5, 143.75, 152.75, 164] cm / 37 (41, 43, 47.5, 49.5) [51.75, 54.25, 56.5, 60.25, 64.75]”
• Side length from bottom of underarm gusset: 36 cm / 14.25”
• Upper sleeve circumference: 34.25 (34.25, 38, 38, 38) [38, 42, 42, 45.75, 49.5] cm / 13.5 (13.5, 15, 15, 15) [15, 16.5, 16.5, 18, 19.5]”
• Sleeve length from underarm: 43 cm / 17”
• Sleeve cuff circumference: 25 (25, 28, 28, 28) [28, 30.5, 30.5, 33.5, 36.5] cm / 9.75 (9.75, 11, 11, 11) [11, 12, 12, 13.25, 14.25]”
One of our all-time favorite (and desert island) yarns, De Rerum Natura's Ulysse is an incredibly soft woollen-spun yarn that shows texture - think cables and twisted stitches - beautifully and is perfect for everything from a cardigan for the newest tiny arrival in your family or a shawl for your great-grandmother.
One of our all-time favorite (and desert island) yarns, De Rerum Natura's Ulysse is an incredibly soft woollen-spun yarn that shows texture - think cables and twisted stitches - beautifully and is perfect for everything from a cardigan for the newest tiny arrival in your family or a shawl for your great-grandmother.
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