Downhill Skier Sweaterscapes
So many ways to enjoy winter... some can't wait to get out on the slopes... others are content to sit by a cozy fire and knit! An Intarsia Landscape Sweater design by Lynne & Douglas Barr
Copyright ©2009 Lynne & Doug las Barr e-mail: [email protected] www.sweaterscapes.com
Instructions
Finished Sweater Measurements Begin neck shaping on row 124. Chest: 42 (45,48) inches We recommend using short-row wrapping for the neck opening. It eliminates the seam between sweater and Length: 25 (27,29) inches neck rib and produces a neck opening with the proper Equipment stretch. #6 and #8 needles (or size needed to obtain gauge) Illustrated instructions can be viewed at Row Counter www.sweaterscapes.com. Bobbins Sweater Back Materials Using Antarctica White yarn and size 8 needle, cast on Peace Fleece yarns, 4 ounces/200 yard skeins 82(90,94) stitches. Change to size 6 needles, and rib in K2, P2 pattern for 2 inches. Increase 2(0,2) stitches 16 oz Galooboy Blue after rib. 10 oz Antarctica White 4 oz Patience Blue Change to size 8 needles and follow sweater charts on 2 oz Soyuz-Apollo Teal pages 7 and 8 for the back. 1 oz Yablaka Blossom Knit stitches on chart: 1 oz Baikal-Superior Green small 7-90 medium 4-93 large 1-96 1 oz Perestroika Pink Knit rows on chart: 1 oz Samantha-Katya Pink small 13-142 medium 7-146 large 1-150 1 oz Khrushchev Corn 1 oz Buffalo Brownski Finishing Gauge Weave in the ends from the intarsia knitting. Stockinette Stitch: Using size 8 needles (or size needed to obtain gauge): 16 sts by 21 rows will make a 4 inch Block sweater pieces before assembling and knitting square. the neck rib. All you need is a wet, lightweight cotton dishtowel (it should be neither dripping nor wrung out Knitting Intarsia to the point that it’s almost dry), a hard surface with a This pattern is knit by the intarsia method. Unlike Fair bath towel laid out flat on it, and a steam iron set to Isle or Jacquard knits, whose repeating color changes “wool”. Lay the knitting piece on the towel, cover it require strands of yarn to be carried across the wrong with the wet dishtowel, and press it lightly with the side of the sweater, in intarsia the blocks of color are iron. Voilá – it’s blocked. If you have been careful worked with separate balls or bobbins of yarn, about testing your gauge, you should not have to pin, producing a sweater only one layer thick. stretch, or reshape the sweater in order to fit the desired measurement . If you are knitting intarsia for the first time, we suggest that you visit our website, The Neck Rib www.sweaterscapes.com, where you will find complete Work neck using Galooboy Blue yarn. illustrated instructions. If your shoulder stitches are still on needles, bind off
the front and back stitches together at the right Sweater Front shoulder. Otherwise, sew the right sweater shoulder. Using Antarctica White yarn and size 8 needle, cast on If traditional bind-off method was used for neck 82(90,94) stitches. Change to size 6 needles, and rib in shaping - pick up 82(90,98) stitches around the neck K2, P2 pattern for 2 inches. Increase 2(0,2) stitches opening. after rib. If short-row wrapping was used for neck Change to size 8 needles and follow sweater charts on shaping - with sweater front facing you, pick up pages 5 and 6 for the front. 11(13,15) stitches at right front edge. Knit front neck Knit stitches on chart: stitches on the needle from short-row wrapping, hiding small 7-90 medium 4-93 large 1-96 the wraps as you knit. Pick-up 11(13,15) stitches and Knit rows on chart: continue knitting stitches on neck back. You should small 13-142 medium 7-146 large 1-150 have 82(90,98) stitches on your needle for the neck rib. If you have circular size 6 needles, you may choose to Finishing the Sweater knit the neck rib in the round. If so, first attach If you knit the neck rib on straight needles, sew left sweater front and back at left shoulder. shoulder, or bind off shoulders together. Attach Rib in K2, P2 pattern using size 6 needles for 1½ sleeves. Sew side and sleeve seams. inches. Bind off.
Sleeves
Using a piece of yarn, mark center of sleeve on the bind-off row. Large - 82 sts (20 inches) Medium - 78 sts (19 inches) 100 Small - 74 sts (18 inches) 95 90 85 80 75 70 65 Large 60 21 inches 55 Increase Rows 50 Medium 45 20 inches 40 35 Small 30 19 inches 25 Increase 1 stitch 20 each side, 2 sts in from edge. 15 After rib, increase 4 sts Work increases evenly spaced across, then 10 every 5th row. change to size 8 needle. 5
Rib: K2, P2 for 1.5 inches
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